Computer randomly restarting?

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Phranq

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So I'm just going along for months fine, the only thing I changed was a video card, but the video is working fine. Everything keeps spinning and working, but the monitor turns off and the whole computer restarts.


edit happens from 5-15mins into using computer...

edit2 I can't tell if this is a hdd thing, a video thing, a mobo thing, psu even? although everything stays on except the monitor. It almost seems like something shorts, but then again the fans don't stop temporarily nor the light on my fan...

edit3 oh i wasn't running anything but xp, avg, xfire, and mozilla...i doubt there was overheating.
 
Have you tried a diff monitor


Could still be your PSU. In my experience a weak or failing PSU can cause all kinds of strange behavior.


You said you just updated video cards. From what to what did you upgrade? If you went from an ATI to an Nvidia or vice versa without scrubbing the drivers first, you could be seeing the end result of a messy upgrade.
 
You said you just updated video cards. From what to what did you upgrade? If you went from an ATI to an Nvidia or vice versa without scrubbing the drivers first, you could be seeing the end result of a messy upgrade.
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That is most likely...I tried, but it's really weird, and my computer won't start in safe mode for some reason or another. I want to reformat, but I realized that my brother has my XP disk...

I doubt it's the monitor...because it goes to like the ASUS screen and then reloads windows like it's retarting the whole computer.
 
Try unplugging all extra components from your comptuer (non-critical usb devices, optical drives, secondary HD's, lights, etc) and see if the computer is still unstable.

But yeah, it does sound like it could be a driver conflict.

Have you checked the event logs to see what Windows is reporting?
 
Have you checked the event logs to see what Windows is reporting?
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uhh i don't even know what that is, heh...I turned it off for a few minutes and it seems to be running fine...for now.
 
right click on My Computer, choose Manage

Scroll down to even viewer (under system tools)

Those are your event logs
 
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