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Boggin:
Tap F8 (usually) as you switch on and using the cursor keys select Disable automatic restart on system failure and press enter.
This will allow you to read the Stop Error Code.
You could also try Last Known Good Configuration as well.
Laptops tend not to have this but with a desktop, tap F2 (usually) to go into the BIOS and check the temperatures.
Also if you have an external HDD connected when you boot up or a DVD left in, then they should be removed as that can confuse Windows as to which to boot from.
If you can boot up into Safe Mode with Networking, that would tend to point to your Graphics.
If you can boot up okay in Safe Mode etc. and the temps don't display in the BIOS, then download HWMonitor which will give you that info - or you may be able to copy it across from another machine. http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
Also if Safe Mode with Networking works okay then go to the computer or motherboard support site and download the Chipset/Video drivers, but the Stop Error Code will better pinpoint the problem.
Shane:
Didnt see the note pad from who crashed.
You can also permanently keep the system from rebooting on a blue screen, in windows right click on computer and go to properties. Then go to system properties and then advanced. Under startup and recovery click the settings button. Then in there take the check off of automatically reboot :wink:
There could be a number of reasons it is happening, so it is going to be a list of trying different things so we can mark things off.
You said you switched it on in the morning after a day of it running fine and had a crash. I want you to do the power reset again and nothing else. Then try it out. If it works fine after a power reset again then that means you could of had a power surge during the night or you may have a weak power supply. So lets try that first so we can at least cross it off the list :wink:
Shane
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Thanks Shane
I will go through the list today.
Be back later
Bob
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Sorry - forgot the Who Crashed notepad
Here it is
Also a who crashed output
Shane:
How did the power reset go?
Shane
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