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I have a system running off windows 2000 Pro. Every day or so, it randomly reboots. It doesn't do this with windows 98 and all the same hardware. Has anyone else ever had this happen? How did you solve it?
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Random rebooting!
- Thread starter Caffinehog
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Try This Win 2000 and XP have this to stop the BSOD
Right-click on My Computer, Advanced, Startup and Recovery Settings, turn off Auto restart.
Right-click on My Computer, Advanced, Startup and Recovery Settings, turn off Auto restart.
OP
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Thanks! I'll see if that helps!
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Just a little warning. Random reboots are often a sign of an inadequate or failing PSU.
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or... not enough power to the CPU... though the PSU is the most likely cause....
OP
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I've switched out the power supply from an old 300W to a new 500W. I also changed the settings and got my first BSOD with windows2000. I think I liked the rebooting better.
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Lots of different errors I don't think I've seen the same one twice. It always says something about a memory dump, though. It's less frequent when not overclocked, but it still happens.
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You could try reseating your RAM, or reducing your OC to a more acceptable level, or even stock for a while, to see if the problem goes away.
