Computer Reboots After 3 minutes after reaching desktop

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Everyone place your bets:

1. Virus Issue
2. Temp Issue
3. PSU Issue

I vote 1. for Virus!

Only joking, let us know how you get on

 

The computer rebooted in the middle of disk check. The power light on the switch also seems to stay on.

I am stumped what do I do?

Professor Falken

 

Can't hear you

Go into the bios and check the temps, you could also download real temp (from a different computer) put it on a flash drive then install onto windows and see what it says. You could also get a multimeter and check the psu. From what you are describing you either have a power issue cause by a knackered psu or a power issue due to high temperature. Also open up the comp and see if there is lots of dust, a can of compressed air can work wonders.

If you go into system in the event logs it might say something like system shut down due to high temperature.

And do what Sparky said so the system wont shut down it will give you a bsod so you can make a note of the error message.

 

I bet PSU degredation caused by high temperatures

 

The computer rebooted in the middle of disk check(chkdsk /f). The power light stays on. But there is nothing on the screen.

I am stumped what do I do?

Professor Falken

 

pull out the plug then put it back in and see what happens then do what sparky said about stopping the reboot so you get a bsod, try sfc /scannow from the run bar. it will find if any .dll files are missing then do what I have said about getting real temp and checking psu with a multi meter

 

computer rebooted in the middle of running chkdsk what do you suggest?
How do I test the temp Setup does not have any information on cpu temp

 

if the computer is frozen and not displaying anything pull out the power cable then put it back in

 

XP without a service pack with a healthy dose of Blaster. That's my guess.

 

In cases like this, you just wish you had the computer in front of you!

 

Professor-Falken - I would suggest getting your hands on a copy of Everest Ultimate edition; it will give you a full report on temperature on pretty much every component.

If the temperature seems perfectly fine I would try downloading malware bytes (www.malwarebytes.org) it’s quite possibly one of the best anti-virus and spyware applications available for home users, give it a scan and see if it comes up with anything.
If it resets during the scan, take out the hard drive and place it into another machine and scan it that way.


If that doesn't work;
Resit the memory,

Post back on the out-come, I might be able to offer a few more suggestions.

 

Have you actually opened the pc? To me it sounds like you haven't really done anything like that.

Open the bloody thing and blow all the dust out of it. Or use a vacuum cleaner to suck the dust out of the fans and also the psu.

You might also want to turn the pc off and unplug it first though and don't forget about static. Using a vacuum cleaner will cause a lot of so ground yourself to the pc at all times. You do remember this from the A+ material right?