Rebooting Computer

misty · Posted: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:42:23 Post Subject:

Ok.... casting a raise dead on this thread. It is still happening everytime I get up (well almost everytime). Seriously, I can be sitting here working on my laptop for hours and it is just fine, but the moment I walk away, reboot. Cheeze thinks I was probed by aliens and they implanted some electromagnetic probe in my head, but I'm pretty sure if they were going to probe anyone it would be him. Any ideas?

(TSC)Bender · Rated NC-17 Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 162

Have you tried moving the computer to a different room and seeing if it still happens? Sounds like interference or something in the room is causing it to go haywire. Or the computer needs you too much to let you get away Wink

edvallie · Posted: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:38:29 Post Subject:

Have you stuck a multimeter into the wall yet?

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:44:24 Post Subject:

We haven't moved it to a different room for a couple of reasons. 1 - The System can't be used in another room, and 2 - The only common thread is her. Also my system is right across the room from her's and there is no problem. Also it doesn't SEEM to reboot like this when I get (but I'm not at her desk very much or often).

I put her on a UPS and have been monitoring the voltage. Also again my system is on the same circuit as her's using the same hardware (PSU, Motherboard, RAM, etc...) and I don't have an issue.

(TSC)Bender · Rated NC-17 Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 162

Could try swapping positions of your computers and see what happens since yours works fine. Everything you've done so far seems to eliminate most possible sources of the problem. All I can think of is that something is causing interference in the area of the room where misty's computer is or some setting is causing it to reboot when idle.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:18:43 Post Subject:

I have my own odd reboot issue... I have a car computer that has been working fine for close to two years... I finally moved it into a real case last week, and the only other change is that it now has an optical drive, too. No matter what, you can now expect the system to reboot exactly 17 minutes after powering up, and to do so for as long as the car is running. I now know traffic is bad if I don't get to work before the third reboot!

thegrub · Rated R Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 70

kryptonian_sher · Posted: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:28:25 Post Subject:

Any chance that your neighbors have weird EMI/EMP equipment near the side of the room near her computer, or perhaps one that is pointed towards her? Also, try asking her to touch or stand close to a turned on tv set and observe...