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My computer is restarting randomly. I have no idea what's causing it.

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by GoWings19, Nov 23, 2012.

  1. GoWings19

    GoWings19 Member

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    My pagefile is 3326 MB. So, that seems right.

    I just got a new mouse (Logitech G600). I installed the software for it & tried to run the program, but my computer shut down. I tried again & the same thing happened. I went to Blue Screen View & it had nothing there. I'm back to square one. This is a bummer.
     
  2. DXR88

    DXR88 Regular member

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    Faulty USB controller?

    if your mainboard has two controllers, like mine try turning one of them off an using the other.
     
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    It's resetting & I can't seem to get BlueScreenView to find any reports. This is the pits.
     
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    You can always try to reinstall your OS? If it is a hardware problem, then you might as exchange old parts for new ones and see if that solves your problem. For example: swap your power supply for another one. See if that solves the problem. If not, replace something else. That way you know what isn't the problem.

    Other than that, I can only think of faulty voltage spikes or over heating issues. However you've excluded them. I had my laptop restart randomly before. I did a voltage drain by removing the charger and battery and holding down the power button for 1 minute. I found out static charge was causing my laptop to restart on its own. The problem never came back.

    Best of luck.
     
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    My mothers computer is currently experiencing these symptoms from time to time.
    I am going to see which USB Controller is faulty from device manager and disable that.

    I read this entire thread and the issue with my mum's computer is that it randomly re-starts and when i read this comment about the usb it triggered for me that one of her USB ports does not work so I may need to disable it from device manager.

    Thanks DXR88
     

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