Computer resets on it own

[shrshr429]

Asus striker extreme
4gb ddr2 kingston
2tb western digitial
intel dual core 3.0 ghz
sony cd-cd/dvd drive
600w power supply

my computer keep restarting on its own, at first i thought it was overheating so i opened the case and it ran for longer, then i thought the hard drive was overheating because of its location so i disconnected one of them, i receive the blue screen twice because of a driver error - now my computer has been restarting every 5-10 minutes, any idea? as for drivers the only one i have installed so far is the one for the Ethernet cable

[iamyourmom]

Mate, your right. Its a overheating issue. Your CPU is overheating. See if you can replace it. the second thing is to clean out the dust inside the case.

[Karnac]

I've encountered this issue with power supplies about to die......random reboots increase in frequency until the PC  refuses to start......depending on the age of the power supply you might want to swap it out and see if that solves your problem.........if its relatively new it's probably not the problem.

[Broni]

Download, and install SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
Post your computer temperatures:



Provide processor info (hold Windows key, and hit Pause/Break key to find out).

[shrshr429]

i downloaded speed fan nothing is overheating, the computer is running as of right now, eventually it would turn on and nothing would come up on the screen, i moved the video card to another slot and its working now (weird) if i continue to have this problem i will be back, thanks for the info on speedfan - great program btw

[Broni]

I hope, it's gonna stay that way.
Keep us posted.

[shrshr429]

got a problem again, computer went to blue screen - "Driver ..... More Less or Equal" i only downloaded one driver to privide me with internet access, im going to download windows 7 beta and install that on the computer (format the hard drive) and install the drivers again, any ideas why this is happening?

[makshaw17]

You will have an error message next to technical information starting with 0x... Give the error message. Will check that... Also scan the computer for any malware or spyware. Let me know more.

[Broni]

What driver did you install, and where from?

Why would you install Windows 7? It's only for testing purposes.

Navigate to: C:\Windows\Minidump folder.
If you see any .dmp files, zip all of them, and attach zipped file to your next reply.

[shrshr429]

I will wait until the blue screen appears again to provide you with the technical information, i highly doubt my computer has any spyware or malware sense i just got it up and running but i iwll scan it just to make sure. I downloaded the drivers for the asus website that is as follows:

    

Version V9.53
     
Description    
Nvidia Chipset Driver Package WHQL V9.53 for Windows XP
File Size    
42.9 (MBytes)    
2006/11/21 update
Download from    
Global China    

i wanted windows 7 because my vista cd is giving me problems and i used xp for so long, i have two files in my dmp floder how do i zip a dmp file?

[shrshr429]

the driver is more than 2 years old, should i not have downloaded it?

[shrshr429]

just checked no spyware or adware

[makshaw17]

Okay. Restart the computer may be like 5 times and see if you get any Blue screen errors.

[shrshr429]

reset it like 6 times, no blue screen yet

[shrshr429]

also whenever i reset my connection or unplug the modem the computer resets, this plus the blue screen stating driver leads me to believe it has to be the ethernet driver i downloaded