ok... i'm not so familiar with the technical aspects of computers... :confused: my computer restarts on it's own. it seems like it does it when i run multiple applications, or one app with a lot of info to load (sims, for example). it's quite frustrating. all i can tell you is.... it's an hp pavilion a420n, about 3-4 years old, windows xp. that's it. that, is the extent of my knowledge. Please help! and use the simplest instructions possible :cheesy: THANK YOU!
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Jump to PostWhen you say it restarts, do you mean it just turns off without warning and reboots?
How much RAM does your system have? Do you have that information?
It's either going to be a hardware or a software problem so the trick is going to be finding out …
Jump to PostBear in mind it will wipe your hard drive, so you'll lose everything, but it will at least tell you if it is a HW fault or not....
Was your machine supplied with a set of restore disks?
Jump to Postmight i suggest shutting off the auto restart to see a blue screen error message.
right click on mycomputer go to properties /then advanced /then setting in the startup and recovery section and uncheck automatically restart,then when it erros you ahould get a blue scree of death error,it …
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