my computer keeps on reseting itself

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 8:31 pm

every like 6 hours my windows nt server 4.0 resets itself randomly what is causing this

Coldfusion · Post by **Coldfusion** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 8:37 pm

Sounds like a faulty power supply to me. Wattage drop = reboot.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:17 pm

That or a PCI IRQ channel sharing problem, but if so I would think it would happen more often.

What PCI cards do you have installed? Since it's a server shouldn't be anything in there except the NIC and maybe a hard drive controller I would think. Try moving the NIC to a different slot.

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:25 am

will try moving a pci slot. it only has nic everything else video and sound is onboard.

i dont think its faulty powersupply because i used the same one for like 6to8months on anohter pc

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:50 am

Is the sound card an SBLive? SBLive is VERY prone to the problem I mentioned.

More info here: http://soldcentralfl.com/quakecoop/glfaq5.htm#5_9

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:10 pm

i have noticed thats it only happens when i am using internet explorer 6.0 maybe i will try netscape

installed netscape and computer does not reset itself what other good browsers are out there

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 1:40 pm

it still resets itself. i set the option on windows nt to tell me when error occurs and not to reboot

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 1:59 pm

Does it ONLY happen when using the network? That would lead me to believe it's a PCI IRQ channel sharing problem with the NIC.

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 2:58 pm

i set the option to not reset itself when it makes errors but instead send message to admin which is me and log in the error ever since i set the option to that its been stable as a rock

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 2:59 pm

error happens while i am browsing using internet explorerto browse on the internet like for example i go to pc abusers i click on general hardware it resets itself

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 4:57 pm

Does it tell you what the error is?

Could be a Javascript engine problem.

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:29 pm

i get blue screen now since it does not reset itself

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my computer keeps on reseting itself

my computer keeps on reseting itself

will try

i think it could be internet explorer

nope not browser

its been stable for four hours now

nope error happens

no javascipt error