spontaeous reboot

[Carol Ann]

I am running XP Pro w/sp1. My computer spontaneously
reboots several times a day - not at the start of a
specific program or hardware. I thought that it might be
because my motherboard was old and my cpu couldn't keep
up with the load, so I installed a new motherboard and
AMD Athalon 2400+ cpu - it runs really fast and performs
well, but still reboots for no reason. I have no
conflicts showing; no driver problems that I can find; no
harware problems showing...
Help, Please!!!!
Thanx, Carol Ann

[Leon]

"Carol Ann" > wrote in message
...
> I am running XP Pro w/sp1. My computer spontaneously
> reboots several times a day - not at the start of a
> specific program or hardware. I thought that it might be
> because my motherboard was old and my cpu couldn't keep
> up with the load, so I installed a new motherboard and
> AMD Athalon 2400+ cpu - it runs really fast and performs
> well, but still reboots for no reason. I have no
> conflicts showing; no driver problems that I can find; no
> harware problems showing...
> Help, Please!!!!
> Thanx, Carol Ann

Go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ and run the Free Online Virus
and Security Check under Virus Definitions.

There are free removal tools on that page if a virus or worm is found.

Leon

[Carol Ann]

Thanks for your response. I went to Symantic and tried
to run the scan and was told it couldn't run because it
requires EI 5 or higher with ActiveX enabled - I'm
running 6.0288 with ActiveX enabled! I also have tried
to run Panda's free online scanner and have had trouble
with that one as well. I run a virus scanner that is up-
to-date, never download any mail until check with mail
washer, and ZoneAlarm Pro 3. I test stealth in Symantic
and other tests as far as ports and internet
protection...that is not to say I haven't picked
something up along the way.

>-----Original Message-----
>"Carol Ann" > wrote in message
...
>> I am running XP Pro w/sp1. My computer spontaneously
>> reboots several times a day - not at the start of a
>> specific program or hardware. I thought that it might
be
>> because my motherboard was old and my cpu couldn't keep
>> up with the load, so I installed a new motherboard and
>> AMD Athalon 2400+ cpu - it runs really fast and
performs
>> well, but still reboots for no reason. I have no
>> conflicts showing; no driver problems that I can find;
no
>> harware problems showing...
>> Help, Please!!!!
>> Thanx, Carol Ann
>
>Go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ and run the
Free Online Virus
>and Security Check under Virus Definitions.
>
>There are free removal tools on that page if a virus or
worm is found.
>
>Leon
>
>
>.
>

[Carol Ann]

PS I disabled ZoneAlarm before trying to run the online
virus scanner...

>-----Original Message-----
>"Carol Ann" > wrote in message
...
>> I am running XP Pro w/sp1. My computer spontaneously
>> reboots several times a day - not at the start of a
>> specific program or hardware. I thought that it might
be
>> because my motherboard was old and my cpu couldn't keep
>> up with the load, so I installed a new motherboard and
>> AMD Athalon 2400+ cpu - it runs really fast and
performs
>> well, but still reboots for no reason. I have no
>> conflicts showing; no driver problems that I can find;
no
>> harware problems showing...
>> Help, Please!!!!
>> Thanx, Carol Ann
>
>Go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ and run the
Free Online Virus
>and Security Check under Virus Definitions.
>
>There are free removal tools on that page if a virus or
worm is found.
>
>Leon
>
>
>.
>

[Leon]

"Carol Ann" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for your response. I went to Symantic and tried
> to run the scan and was told it couldn't run because it
> requires EI 5 or higher with ActiveX enabled - I'm
> running 6.0288 with ActiveX enabled! I also have tried
> to run Panda's free online scanner and have had trouble
> with that one as well. I run a virus scanner that is up-
> to-date, never download any mail until check with mail
> washer, and ZoneAlarm Pro 3. I test stealth in Symantic
> and other tests as far as ports and internet
> protection...that is not to say I haven't picked
> something up along the way.
>

Sounds like you may have a software or driver compatibility problem.

Go to the following site for instructions to set Windows to give you the
Blue Screen of Death when a problem occurs instead of rebooting so you can
zero in on the cause:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/russel/02may13.asp

Leon