Rebooting for no reason every 90 minutes...

[Glenn J]

This is a strange problem I'm having. Just about every hour and 1/2, my computer just reboots. Doesn't shut down or anything. I thought it my be a heat issue, but my power source fan and chip fan are running fine. I'm assuming my case fan is OK too. I ran "motherboard monitor" (temp gauge) and went into the bios and checked the temp. Both showed about 80F. My computer has always run at this temp.... I ran an "adaware scan" and I frequently update NAV and run scans with that.

The only change I made recently was upgrade from win 98 to win 98SE.


Any ideas? It's driving me nuts!


Glenn

[Floppyman]

Hi Glenn,

Have you tried disabling power management in windows and/or the bios to see if that helps? Also did you install any new software or hardware recently? HTH

[Glenn J]

Thanks for the response! I forgot to mention that I disabled the power mangement stuff in the control pannel and I checked the BIOS and the power settings looked normal to me.

The only thing I installed after upgrading was a new version of "enternet". That's what I use to connect to my DSL with. Also, after the install, my PPPoE adapter was corrupt, so I removed that via "harware profile", rebooted and installed a new one...

I'm really stumped with this one! Especially since it happens at pretty regular intervals.... I wonder if I have some sort of trojan on my machine? I run a firewall though (ZoneAlarm), so I would think the chances of that are slim...

Glenn

[Glenn J]

UPDATE!

The computer only reboots when connected to the internet and running IE for an uninterupted 90 minutes. My girlfriend was using the machine on Friday evening; e-mailing and downloading music. She was on the machine for over and hour and a 1/2....no problem. Saturday night, I ran a scan disk and a defrag and the machine did not reboot. Last night, I was on the net, using IE,....90 minutes in...reboot...

Glenn
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[Leef]

Have you tried reinstalling IE, or upgrading to IE6 if you don't have it? Also, try reinstalling the drivers for your ethernet card and maybe even the TCP/IP protocols.

[Glenn J]

I haven't tried any of those..... Do you think doing a "windows update" will help anything?

[Glenn J]

Problem solved! I think it had to do with my network card and software that I was using to connect to DSL with. I got a linksys 4 port for Christmas and my rebooting troubles are gone!

Glenn