Community Newsletter: Q&A: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes!
- 5/9/08 1:48 PM
This is because of the heat over the processor
by SubbarajuK - 4/26/08 6:38 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
HI santhsh
i thought that your processor getting over heat thats the reason for rebooting the system, we cant say that the main processor only getting heat. some other co-processors also caused to reboot the sytem.
please check the temprature and fan speed of your processor when the system starting.
and other cuases also need to consider in this situation like when ever you accessing the CD rom or accessing the data(from HD) which is having bad sectors etc..
RAM Starvation in Windows
by Energene - 4/26/08 6:42 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The system is fatally RAM starved, take the 256k chip, throw it in the trash. Add a 1 gig chip compatible with your system, if you have the money, make it two chips.
What is your operating system, what is the video card?
Possible cause and remedy
by kufeez4real - 4/26/08 6:49 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hello, Santhsh. The possible cause for your system rebooting every 10-20 minutes can be due to the fact that the processor does not have a heat sink or the heat sink is not good enough. Probably you can add a fan on the heat sink. Another reason is that an hardware might me malfuntioning to the extent of draining power from the power supply. Lastly, ensure that there is tight connection on your motherboard from the power supply cable. Take care
Possible cause and remedy
by yosry 2 - 5/14/08 6:16 PM In reply to: Possible cause and remedy by kufeez4realHello, Santhsh. The possible cause for your system rebooting every 10-20 minutes can be due to the fact that the processor does not have a heat sink or the heat sink is not good enough. Probably you can add a fan on the heat sink. Another reason is that an hardware might me malfuntioning to the extent of draining power from the power supply. Lastly, ensure that there is tight connection on your motherboard from the power supply cable. Take care . or the powersupply was faild .
automatic rebooting
by tew45 - 4/26/08 6:58 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When My computer had a similar symptom. It turned out to be heat build up. I had a processor cooling fan slowing down. I t was not noticeable until it started to have a bushing growl. Lubrication solved that problem. Also case heat build up may also be a factor.
Good ol' socket A
by Jeff Speeth - 4/26/08 7:00 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Sounds like either the power supply or the CPU cooling fan. If it were me, I'd replace both.
Sounds like cooling or power supply issue
by dknapp - 4/26/08 7:25 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
A PC will reboot if the CPU is getting too hot (are the CPU cooling fan and case fans working properly?) or if the power supply is overheating due to excessive load or partial failure. Our company desktop support unit (doing maintenance on hundreds of PCs) sees this sort of thing quite often. I very much doubt that the hard disk is at fault, or if it is a software issue, although that is possible. Look in the event log for more clues on software, but I would concentrate on power and cooling. I had ont PC that would run DOS, but not run Windows 98 due to the CPU cooling fan being faulty. Windows will heat up the CPU much more than DOS. So will running apps instead of just XP desktop at idle. That CPU is a mini-light bulb with a temp sensor.
Goos luck
system rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes
by musicluvr4664 - 4/26/08 7:50 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Sometimes changing RAM will make your system do weird things especially if the RAM has bee "pulled" from another PC - This type of machine uses SDRAM which is older style RAM so they get the RAM from other mchines a lot.
I had a similar thing happen to me only the crashing happened more frequently until I took it into the shop. Turns out my power supply was dying and it started doing the same thing that was happeninh to you. Have it checked out by a techie you trust - Power supply is inexpensive - I got my thing done for $40 for labor and power supply. Good Luck...
Old Athlons
by tigerkitty2 - 4/26/08 8:12 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As has been said by other posters those old socket 462 Athlons run hot, and will cause the type of rebooting activity you're seeing.
They are a lidless processor and chip very easily, you must have a gentle hand in replacing the paste on the HSF.
Personally, since it's going to be off, and it's 5+ years old, i'd replace the whole heatsink and fan just because they wear out.
search ebay for a "socket 462 cooler", and find a new one with a copper core.
you should be able to score one for 15 - 16 dollars including shipping.
Rebooting
by samwharton - 4/26/08 8:16 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had this problem and spent hours and hundreds of dollars chasing it. It turned out to be OVERHEATING. First run the PC with covers removed - it should stop rebooting. Replace the fan with a higher capacity
Rebooting pc?
by keiwarrior - 4/26/08 8:20 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Have you checked your CPU fan and heat sink for dirt and clogged fins. I have to do mine here in Vegas every three months because of the dirt here, other wise my system will reboot by itself.
So check it out.
Use a real hair brush to clean out fan and heatsink
by evwool - 5/25/08 12:00 PM In reply to: Rebooting pc? by keiwarriorI had exactly the same problem, reboots every few minutes. I used a high-quality artist's paintbrush (the cheap ones don't work) to gently dab out a surprisingly large amount of dust from the fans and heatsink - make sure you get them both, wiping the brush clean on a damp cloth. I also downloaded a handy piece of freeware Speedfan and chose the option for Automatic Fan Speed.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
All is now working fine. There is a video on YouTube on how to clean out a heatsink which I found helpful - I had no idea what a heatsink was or what it looked like!
System rebooting every 10 to 20 min.
by bobpewterbaugh - 4/26/08 8:25 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've had problems in the past with AMD processers getting to hot, Sometimes you have to add a extra fan in your case to cool things down. Try it, I hope it works for you.
Bob Pewterbaugh
All processors get hot.
by TreknologyNet - 4/26/08 9:35 PM In reply to: System rebooting every 10 to 20 min. by bobpewterbaughI find that on average an AMD chip running as rated, will hover between 40 and 50°C. However, plug the same chip in one of those SONY VAIO board that I've mentioned elsewhere, it pushes the chip up to 80°C, without even running any OS... Finally got a replacement board, and it does exactly the same thing, even when run in the open, as opposed to the poorly ventilated case. The power supply sits right over the CPU, so both the PSU and CPU fans are supposed to suck the heat from the heatsink, and it just isn't good enough.
The Intel chip in my laptop is sitting at 45°C on a cold day. I'm using an Intel P4 2.4 GHz to setup as a server, because it consistently reports CPU temperature at a very respectable 25°C, but then the heatsink is about the size of half a house brick.
Case venilation is something that consumer-manufacturers don't give enough attention. They just followed the original IBM design of using the power supply fan to suck all the heat from the case. One (286) machine I had was so air-tight that the only air to get inside was through the floppy drive. Guess what failed because it was full of dust? And that was in the "low" wattage days!
I now build all my machines with positive pressure ventilation (more air blown in than sucked out). Once assembled, the air pressure is slightly higher in the machine, and the only leaks are clean air coming out through gaps, floppy drives, etc.. I mount a couple of clips near each fan that is BLOWING IN to hold a facial tissue, which can be replaced weekly thus keeping my machines dust-free.
rebooting PC
by jds112scott - 4/26/08 8:43 AM In reply to: Help! My PC keeps rebooting every 10 to 20 minutes! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Try checking your power supply, it could be weak and causeing it to reboot. good luck!
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