Computer help forum: Unwanted reboots

I mean that screen "flashes", and knocks internet connection, and brings you back to main screen
Not a reboot/restart but back to home page where you can get back online, rather quickly
I never noticed if router reboots; I will check. TY

Is the iPad connected to the computer via USB cable at the time of reboots and "dropping"?

no. Ipad is wireless

It Did appear to reboot.
What I believe is the power button/icon symbol, first symbol on the left, was blinking continuously during reboot

So I plugged the internet connection/cable directly into my computer
Same result!
So I guess I have identified the problem?
I reset the modem and got same result.
Agree?

So just to be clear, when the computer reboots the router appears to reboot as well, and this would be backed up by the iPad losing the wireless signal. Presumably the DSL/cable modem (not the router) reboots as well.

If all of those are true, then it sounds like you have a brown out scenario. The problem is that there's not enough electricity making it from the outlet to the computer and other associated electronics. Not having any idea how many things you may have daisy-chained onto a single outlet I can't say for certain if it's a result of something you've done or if there's an issue with the electrical wiring at your place, but that would be where you need to focus your efforts. A good short-term solution would be to get a UPS, but if the issue is related to you plugging too many things into a single outlet or there being some kind of weakness in the level of power getting to the outlet, it could represent a fire hazard, so should be addressed very quickly.

Interesting scenario. But I have had the same set up for quite sometime. I also just replaced the power surge/strip for the desk. The electric is 200 amp and while not an electrician I don't know if that's the issue. I hope not.
Here is my thought process
My last resort is to replace the modem. The computer "did" reboot while I had the cable plugged directly into the computer, with router disconnected. I kind of thought this would be a no brainer at that point, but I will find out soon enough. Any thoughts to discredit that theory? TY

Plenty, mostly in that there's pretty much no way the modem could be causing the computer to reboot. The only remote possibility would be WOL, but AFAIK that shouldn't allow for a computer already running to be shut down or rebooted, merely booted if otherwise powered off. All other possibilities are so far out on a limb it's like the Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons, where the coyote runs off the edge of a cliff and doesn't realize it.

The power strip would have nothing to do with this, since it would only offer a minimal level of protection against surges, but what it sounds like you have is the exact OPPOSITE of that. Also, I'll leave you to research Ohm's law on your own, but amperage is just one component. You might be suffering from an under-voltage problem, or there might be an issue somewhere between the fuse and the outlet. Someone may have accidentally driven a nail through the electrical wiring, or plenty of other things may have happened. There's also only so much power you can pull out of a single outlet, so if you have a bunch of power hungry devices all plugged into a power strip, which is trying to draw power off a single outlet, you're going to hit a wall sooner or later.

As I'm understanding your description of the problem, you have an issue with a lack of electrical power. So that is where I would focus my efforts to resolve this issue, were I you. If you are willing to go out and buy a UPS -- a decent one with an LCD display -- you could probably figure out what the problem is very quickly. If the power level took a dip, you'd hear the UPS kick in with some battery power to help compensate, along with some shrill beeping sounds. Looking at the display on the UPS, you'd be able to see exactly what was going on. A UPS with AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) is never a bad investment for a computer anyway. It ensures your PSU gets a nice steady diet of power in a sine wave, just how they like it. Helps keep those ever important capacitors from going bad prematurely.

Not totally sure of the Ohm thing but I did plug power into a diff outlet ( i realize it may be "coming" from a bad place with your theory) anyway, the computer quickly rebooted but the modem did NOT reboot. Does this complicate/help things LOL
Still crossing fingers for a better solution than electrical issues.... Thanks again