Comp's power goes off when bringing it out of stand by.

[Brian Mullins]

I have a 3.5 year old HP that originaly came with 98 SE and upgraded to XP.
It is set to automaitcaly go into stand by after 5 min. And sometimes the
power will turn off when it it coming awake. Is this a hardware or software
problem. If it is a hardware problem it would it have something to do with
the heat, I am in Oklahoma and our highs have been in upper 90-low 100 and
the comp room has been around 85. Could it just be over heating?

Thanks,
Brian Mullins

[R. C. White]

Hi, Brian.

(A fellow Okie here, although I live in Texas now. I was in LeFlore County
last week. Boomer! Sooner!)

The heat definitely could cause such reboots. Or they could be caused by
other hardware problems, all the way from loose connections to bad RAM to
.... well, just about anything.

If it is a software problem, you can start tracking it down by changing the
default setting for "what to do on system failure". Go to System Properties
| Advanced | Startup and Recovery Settings, and remove the check from the
box under System failure that says to Automatically restart.

Next time, if it is a software problem, instead of rebooting, the computer
will halt with a BSOD with codes that should help you track down the
problems. Post those codes here and somebody should be able to point you in
the right direction.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Brian Mullins" > wrote in message
...
> I have a 3.5 year old HP that originaly came with 98 SE and upgraded to
XP.
> It is set to automaitcaly go into stand by after 5 min. And sometimes the
> power will turn off when it it coming awake. Is this a hardware or
software
> problem. If it is a hardware problem it would it have something to do with
> the heat, I am in Oklahoma and our highs have been in upper 90-low 100 and
> the comp room has been around 85. Could it just be over heating?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Mullins

[Brian Mullins]

Sorry for the delayed responce, I have been on vacation to NM. I am doing
what RC said and will post the code when and if it comes up.

Thanks for all your help,
Brian Mullins
"R. C. White" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, Brian.
>
> (A fellow Okie here, although I live in Texas now. I was in LeFlore
County
> last week. Boomer! Sooner!)
>
> The heat definitely could cause such reboots. Or they could be caused by
> other hardware problems, all the way from loose connections to bad RAM to
> ... well, just about anything.
>
> If it is a software problem, you can start tracking it down by changing
the
> default setting for "what to do on system failure". Go to System
Properties
> | Advanced | Startup and Recovery Settings, and remove the check from the
> box under System failure that says to Automatically restart.
>
> Next time, if it is a software problem, instead of rebooting, the computer
> will halt with a BSOD with codes that should help you track down the
> problems. Post those codes here and somebody should be able to point you
in
> the right direction.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Brian Mullins" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have a 3.5 year old HP that originaly came with 98 SE and upgraded to
> XP.
> > It is set to automaitcaly go into stand by after 5 min. And sometimes
the
> > power will turn off when it it coming awake. Is this a hardware or
> software
> > problem. If it is a hardware problem it would it have something to do
with
> > the heat, I am in Oklahoma and our highs have been in upper 90-low 100
and
> > the comp room has been around 85. Could it just be over heating?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian Mullins
>
>