New laptop - annoying rebooting problem

[Beth20]

Hey all!

I have a new/recent Fujitsu laptop, 3.2 ht,
P4, dvd, etc.

It has a brand new mother board! ( just fixed for a NON related issue)

Got back, and forgot about this problem -
cause the others worse. BUT THIS IS SUPER
ANNOYING. ( had this problem before too, before new board )

It suddenly decides to reboot. I especially notice when I'm on line. Naturally it tends to corrupt any downloads, files open etc.

1 Ran adaware - only one file suspect - quaratined.

2. Turned POWER TO ALWAYS on - all selections.

3 Running Zone alarm firewall.

4 AVG free virus.

any ideas? I KNOW it wont do it if I take
it in for repair, so on my own here.

thanks

Beth

 

[bcastner]

Nothing can be said unless you can report the results from your Event Log. You might also turn off automatic restart.

. To view the Event Logs: Start, Run, eventvwr.msc

. To change automatic restart: right-click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery - Settings, Checkmark Automaticly Restart, and checkmark to make an entry in the Event log.

Finally, run a memory test of several hours if not overnight:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

 

[micker377]

Make sure all cooling vents are clean, and no ribbons have been left in a position to block airflow.

 

[bcastner]

micker377,

I agree heat is a possible here. If I remember right this laptop just returned from the shop having consistently been throwing 0x50 and 1x50 errors. It has a new motherboard, but likely the original RAM and all other components.

As well as having RAID problems.

 

[Beth20]

hey thanks a lot,

Yeah, I probably need to check that memory.

I think the heat vents were possibly being
blocked. Not rebooting as much, but stil
l crashing with blue screen.