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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: britz_bak on August 26, 2009, 09:36:37 PM

Title: Rebooting all the time
Post by: britz_bak on August 26, 2009, 09:36:37 PM

Everytime i go on my compaq computer and go into a program (different times) it always reboots when i'm in the middle of doing something, this is continuous. Then yesterday it did it again but instead of turning itself back on it did 1 short beep and 1 long beep. What does this mean and how can i fix it?

Title: Re: Rebooting all the time
Post by: Broni on August 26, 2009, 10:08:55 PM

Can you boot to Windows, or you're stuck?

Title: Re: Rebooting all the time
Post by: JJ 3000 on August 26, 2009, 10:43:16 PM

Blow the dust out of the computer with a can of compressed air.

Title: Re: Rebooting all the time
Post by: britz_bak on August 26, 2009, 10:59:49 PM

I've cleaned the inside of the computer already with compressed air.

The first time i get onto the computer it starts fine. But its when i'm in the middle of something when it shuts itself off and keeps rebooting. Its mostly at a black screen but sometimes either it comes up with a blue screen or it goes to the option of safe mode normal, safe mode networking or safe mode prompt, but even before i can pick one it shuts back off and on again continously.

Title: Re: Rebooting all the time
Post by: Broni on August 26, 2009, 11:13:10 PM

Disable "Restart on error" feature...

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab (Vista: click Advanced system settings).
3. Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box.
4. Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times.
5. Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.

You may see some error message. If so, post back what it says.



Download BlueScreenView (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html)
No installation required.
Double click on BlueScreenView.exe file to run the program.
When scanning is done, go Edit>Select All.
Go File>Save Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt.
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all content, and paste it into your next reply.

Title: Re: Rebooting all the time
Post by: JJ 3000 on August 26, 2009, 11:15:57 PM

download speedfan and post back with your temps

http://majorgeeks.com/SpeedFan_d337.html

Title: Re: Rebooting all the time
Post by: killerb255 on August 28, 2009, 09:09:17 AM

BlueScreenView first, Speedfan second.

BSODs aren't always heat-related...