System rebooting - on its own

[rdbr]

Lately, while online, my screen would suddenly go black and the system would
reboot. A virus scan showed no viruses. There seems to be no pattern of
this activity. I could be online for a couple of hours or minutes. There
were no ''flags'' warning of coming trouble. And I've experienced sluggish,
jerky mouse pointer movement. I have also experienced website sound files
playing ''broken up'' a bit at times. I have plenty of ram. Using IE6 and
DSL; the DSL speed is still good.
Ideas on this?
Thanks.
Bob

[Mart]

You may need to prove whether its a heat/hardware issue rather than a WinMe
issue. If heat related then the inside of the box may need a good clearout.
(A lot of dust gets sucked into box due to the fan(s) and can reduce the
cooling efficiency)

Boot using your Windows Startup (floppy) Disk and let it continue to the DOS
Help page. Leave it running for several hours and see if it still reboots.

If so, then it's a problem with your PC and not with WinMe.

If not, then boot into Safe Mode (F8 or Ctrl keys at boot-up) and leave it
running in that mode for a few hours and see if it reboots. If so, you may
need to disconnect external items of hardware to see if you can isolate it.

Mart



"rdbr" > wrote in message
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> Lately, while online, my screen would suddenly go black and the system
would
> reboot. A virus scan showed no viruses. There seems to be no pattern of
> this activity. I could be online for a couple of hours or minutes. There
> were no ''flags'' warning of coming trouble. And I've experienced
sluggish,
> jerky mouse pointer movement. I have also experienced website sound files
> playing ''broken up'' a bit at times. I have plenty of ram. Using IE6 and
> DSL; the DSL speed is still good.
> Ideas on this?
> Thanks.
> Bob
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