Fan is working?

Question

fan is working why dose computer restart did virus scan everything else what can be wrong

Answer 1

You dose not speakie de engleesh so wells

Answer 2

Ok, you say that "the" fan is working -- Have you checked the one on the inside of your computer? That one is the CPU fan (the most important one.)

If I were to guess (because you didn't give me much info to work off of) I would say that your machine (cpu - processor) might be overheating. Make sure that the inside of your machine (motherboard, cpu fan, vents, etc.) is free from dust (use a can of compressed air.)

Below are some other things you may want to look in to:

As of May 1, 2004, there are now 2 viruses that can make your computer reboot. This page discusses the Blaster worm in detail. The new worm, the Sasser worm, has all the same features as Blaster. Both worms exploit relatively new holes in Windows and both frequently cause computers to reboot.


If you have problems with your computer rebooting itself after May 2004, chances are you have the Sasser worm. Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the infections of W32.Sasser.B.Worm. This is the easiest way to remove this threat and should be tried first. Here is the Symantec page for the Sasser Worm:


http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.b.worm.html

If removing the Sasser Worm doesn't work for you, you may have the Blaster Worm. Follow the instructions below for the Blaster worm. And good luck!

http://www.web-antix.com/blaster.html
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Q. What causes a computer to reboot itself?

A. It could be caused by a lot of things, but it is usually a hardware problem, especially if it occurs randomly. A noisy power supply, loose screw under the motherboard, bad CPU fan, and memory, expansion boards, socketed chips, and cables that are not fully seated are among the common causes. The motherboard could be cracked—these are usually hard to find. Our motherboard FAQs (http://duxcw.com/faq/mb/mb.htm) may help.

Here are some software causes:

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM (Q304943)

Computer Caught in Reboot Loop After Using DriveSpace (Q130018)

Windows XP and Windows 2000 Keeps Restarting Itself

http://www.duxcw.com/faq/computer/reboot.html

Answer 3

Take the cover off and see if it is full of dust. If so clean. If it keeps restarting it may be a virus that your scanner is not detecting. In which case reinstall the OS. If it keeps happening it could be a lot of things. Dell sells new systems cheap $300 - $400 dollars. Buy a new one do not waste you time or money.

Answer 4

start in safe mode open device manager see if there is any yellow triangles if there is re-install the driver for that device if that is not it try to remember if you downloaded something and installed recently or got a update if so try the restore option if that don't do it do a repair install not a recovery a repiar install the second R option

Answer 5

Just because your fan is working doesn't mean you are not overheating. Check your temperatures and voltages with SpeedFan...if the temps are too high or voltages too low that will cause it to restart sporatically.

Answer 6

I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some drive problems can be easily fixed by yourself using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.

Answer 7

Not sure of the question at hand. Maybe try typing a little more coherent sentences.
Anyway.

Run some anti-spyware program.

~Brendon
Hope I Helped!

Answer 8

because the computer is trying to be active again, if it doesn't restart more and more data can be lost

Answer 9

Could be lots of things.
Try a spring clean
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php
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