Evolution54 wrote:
> Alias Wrote:
>
>>Have an XP Athlon 2200 with 512MB RAM, a DVD reader, floppy drive and a
>>CDROM burner. Windows Home. No printer, no scanner and a non
>>mulitmedia
>>keyboard and a wired non-optical mouse. Video, audio and NIC onboard a
>>QDI 7G-6AL.
>>
>>Problem: where I am doing something or the computer is just sitting
>>there, it will reboot randomly, no set time frame. It will do this in
>>normal mode, safe mode and in the BIOS.
>>
>>I have run Spybot, AdAware and Trendmicro's anti virus scan which all
>>came up empty. I have checked all the connections inside the box and
>>they're fine.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Alias
>
>
> Have you tried testing if your power supply was at fault??
>
>

No, but I have left it on all night, on its side, and it hasn't rebooted
so I think it was just the mouse chord slipping out of its socket. And
all the virus, malware, hardware and software tests I did do ...

Alias

Alias wrote:

>
> I laid it on its side to get some numbers off the MB to see if I could
> update the BIOS and it hasn't rebooted for over six hours. I am going
> to leave it on all night with a Word doc. open so I know if it
> rebooted while I was asleep. Would the mouse cable coming loose
> provoke a reboot?
>

Did you build this system yourself or have a friend or local company
build it? It sounds like maybe a motherboard standoff wasn't put in
where needed and the m/b is shorting out. Or maybe the m/b is touching
the case. I'd strip the machine down to the bottom, go over everything
carefully - including those all-important standoffs - and only add one
card at a time, testing after each addition.

Malke
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Malke wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>
>>I laid it on its side to get some numbers off the MB to see if I could
>>update the BIOS and it hasn't rebooted for over six hours. I am going
>>to leave it on all night with a Word doc. open so I know if it
>>rebooted while I was asleep. Would the mouse cable coming loose
>>provoke a reboot?
>>
>
>
> Did you build this system yourself or have a friend or local company
> build it? It sounds like maybe a motherboard standoff wasn't put in
> where needed and the m/b is shorting out. Or maybe the m/b is touching
> the case. I'd strip the machine down to the bottom, go over everything
> carefully - including those all-important standoffs - and only add one
> card at a time, testing after each addition.
>
> Malke

A friend built it. Are you saying this because I left it laying on its
side? It still hasn't rebooted after being left on all night long, about
16 hours straight. The mouse is USB but I am using a converter and
plugging it into the mouse port. The USB and the coverter/adapter do not
fit in snugly.

Thanks,

Alias