Computer randomly rebooting

[FFactory0x]

Well every now and then my computer will randomly reboot. Its odd. Today i was playing a game for 30 min and rebooted. Upon these reboots for some reason WMP opens and i also get a msg saying cant fine system32/bridge.dll. Any ideas or test i can run

Also whenever i reboot my computer things load up then it sorta freezes for like 5-10 min and just shows the hour glass like something is trying to load. Then finally it works fine

 

[Regs]

Spyware?


Bridge.dll is added to the start up registry from a lot of spyware apps.

You can remove it by going to the Registry Editor. Start Button --> Run -- > regedit

Then find the folder HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Find the bridge.dll key and delete it.

 

[hompsar]

you can also try using Ad-Aware and Spybot: Search&Destroy

 

[FFactory0x]

ran adaware

 

[DarkAmeba]

How much free hard drive space do you have and how much ram?? you may be running out of resources. Driver conflicts/problems also commonly cuase winxp reboots.

 

[nick1985]

what are your temps?

 

[FFactory0x]

10gigs left and 512mb ram

 

[Schadenfroh]

run system internals from search and destroy that is in my spyware faq, it will tell you of any wierd entrys into the registry that is missing stuff that may cause this sorta thing

 

[pookie69]

Sure its not ur PSU? I used to get LOADS of random reboots until i upgraded to an ANTEC TRUblue 480W PSU from a generic 300W. That TOTALLY stopped the reboot problem.

 

[DarkAmeba]

Could be heat too... but you'd probally get an error beep or message for that. Depends on your mobo

 

[FFactory0x]

no i have antec 350watt
the rails are fine.

Also i have 8rda+ and if it was heatr i would get led errors

 

[nick1985]

temps....

 

[FFactory0x]

no because even if they get to 51c the comp never chuts down. Amd has good heat threshold.
it just shuts down randomly sometimes

 

[nick1985]

for the last time...what are your temps....

 

[FFactory0x]

right now with the temp in m rooms being alright with little ac im idling at 45c. Under 100% load around 50-51. This is with the ac off
With it on. Idle around 42 load about 48

 

[nick1985]

are those readings from the bios?

 

[FFactory0x]

beats the hell out of me. Im using Speedfan and USDM

 

[Regs]

Do you only notice random reboots during games? If so, could be damaged video ram or a a faulty heat sink on your video card.

If you notice random reboots 24/7 without games, it could be many things. Like Windows, your Hard Drive, System memory or even your CPU/Mobo.

You can right click on "My Computer" and select Manage to view the Event Viewer. And see if you can find any errors that accured during the crash.

 

[FFactory0x]

no events listed relating to a crash
no its just happens sometimes even in windows. Happened about 3 times in 2 weeks.
But finished painkiller not to long ago and no probs

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
no i have antec 350watt
the rails are fine.

Also i have 8rda+ and if it was heatr i would get led errors

check your mobo's caps..

 

[Regs]

mobo caps?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Regs
mobo caps?

yes..sorta like what's discussed here for instance..

 

[FFactory0x]

caps seem ok.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Regs
Spyware?


Bridge.dll is added to the start up registry from a lot of spyware apps.

You can remove it by going to the Registry Editor. Start Button --> Run -- > regedit

Then find the folder HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Find the bridge.dll key and delete it.

Have you done the abovementioned...and..

Upon these reboots for some reason WMP opens and i also get a msg saying cant fine system32/bridge.dll. Any ideas or test i can run

Also whenever i reboot my computer things load up then it sorta freezes for like 5-10 min and just shows the hour glass like something is trying to load. Then finally it works fine

there was some security flaw on WMP ..not sure what ..
<--finishes chocolate chip cookies from Subway ..<edit> heh..typo ..cleaning keyboard of chocolate

 

[Regs]

Oh, Capacitors. Because the funny thing is I get random reboots too, but only during gaming.

And I think ever since I used glockgen to overclock my video card, I damaged the video ram. But if I do remember correctly the Asus had bad caps in a small batch. So, ill check on that. Thanks.


And this is after I replaced my memory and a reinstall of windows.