Go Back   PCMech Forums > Help & Discussion > Computer Hardware

Need Some Help? Type Your Keywords Here:

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 02-18-2005, 12:52 PM   #1
Member (9 bit)
 
trowand's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South New Jersey
Posts: 505
Question Problem with Random Shutdowns & Restarts

Hey, I've got a problem. My PC shuts down and restarts randomly while I'm on the internet. It never seems to happen while I play games like Doom3 or HL2 or while I'm playing music and I'm very sure that it's not a temperature problem because I've got tons of airflow and it happens even when I'm not overclocked. (My temps are fine) It happens when I'm on the internet and I click on a link or click to open a video. It doesn't happen while I'm just reading a webpage but it always seems to happen at the exact second that I click a link or button on the internet and when the PC restarts the Windows Error Reporting thing says that it was caused by a device driver (unknown) which I DO NOT BELIEVE. (It happens with a number of ATI Cat drivers) This is really annoying... Any ideas? THANKS!
trowand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2005, 01:37 PM   #2
Member (14 bit)
 
bailey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Christmas, Florida
Posts: 10,661
back off on the overclock to normal default setting and see if problem goes away
bailey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2005, 02:27 PM   #3
Member (9 bit)
 
trowand's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South New Jersey
Posts: 505
It happens just as often at stock speeds.
trowand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2005, 03:08 PM   #4
Tin
Stereo junkie
 
Tin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Just North of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Posts: 3,402
Send a message via AIM to Tin
run a virus scan and see if you had been exposed to a worm of some sorts. i once had the Welchia Worm, which would constantly hog up my internet bandwidth and cause random restarts and whatnot. if you do find one, there are several fixes out there if your anti-virus doesnt seem to cure it.
__________________
Join the 1%, use Linux
Tin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2005, 03:21 PM   #5
Member (9 bit)
 
trowand's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South New Jersey
Posts: 505
Thanks Tin but I'm completely CLEAN. Norton Internet Security 2004 found nothing, Spybot S&D found nothing and Ad-Aware SE found nothing. All three are up to date. This problem has been going on for quite a while (like 4-5 months) plus I just did a clean XP install (a month ago). It's definitely associated with the internet and with clicking a link.
trowand is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Still Need Help? Type Your Keywords Here:


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:28 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2