When i play a game or a video my computer just restart no warning, no blue screen nothing just a black screen and a beep. Sometimes when it restart the screen come's off but the computer is still on. Yes i went to startup and recovery and click the Automaticall restart thing off but it still restarts. I have a windows XP, and 224 MB of RAM. plz help me.
2006-11-14 11:48:26 · 7 answers · asked by get_crunk4ever 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Oh and yes I did clean my computer with that canned air thing cleaned every were.
2006-11-14 12:02:08 · update #1
And i think is the heat cuzz when i my computer restarted i opend my computer and it was a little warm by the motherbo.
2006-11-14 12:03:49 · update #2
it might be a virus or.. ur computer is broken
2006-11-14 11:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by YoMoMMa 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
224MB of RAM seems to be a little small; this may result in lots more page swapping than you'd like -- which causes slow performance and harder work by the Hard Disk Drive.
It is possible that could also cause some heat contribution.
Memory is relatively cheap nowadays; go get yourself 1 GB and you should have better perfrormance and maybe help your heat situation.
2006-11-14 13:06:35 · answer #2 · answered by InspectorBudget 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its an overheat issue either with the cpu or video buy a can of air unplug the pc pull off the side cover and blow out the pc paying special attention to the fans and video card also a little more ram wouldnt hurt
2006-11-14 11:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by spankdis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you should get more ram.... a computer with only 224 mb of ram is very slow. 512 mb or 1 gb is even better. i don't know if this will solve your problem but it will make you computer work faster.
2006-11-14 11:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by lusciousleslie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Restart got a few reasons:
1. Virus, go scan and remove anything found. Remember to update before scanning.
2. Overheat
- heat sink may be faulty, if so, replace heat sink
- you overclock, either reset back to the original settings or add more internal fans.
- too much dust, please clean up your PC.
3. Hard disk spoil
4. Motherboard spoil
If its 3 and 4 please check it with this
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
http://www.memtest.org/
Good luck.
2006-11-14 11:53:15 · answer #5 · answered by CamperBoy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it could be many things, yes it could be a virus, it could be that your infected with one of those, it might be a faulty motherboard, go check it out with a certified computer store.
2006-11-14 11:56:33 · answer #6 · answered by Pat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its called a windows update- computers dont "break" its all about the user.
2006-11-14 11:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by Kyle T 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋