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My Windows XP Computer (Compaq Desktop) Restarts Randomly, Help?

My computer has been acting up in the past two weeks. Let me just give you a quick bit of information regarding my computer. I have a Compaq Presario Desktop (SR1625NX) w/ Windows XP Home Edition that is almost 3 years old. It has 1 GB of factory installed memory and 1 GB more of memory installed by me (this was done in August). It has a 160GB Hard Drive and I have a Linksys Wireless Card installed (it was installed by Best Buy's Geek Squad when I got the computer). If you need anymore information, just ask. Now, My computer started acting up about two weeks ago and just started randomly shutting down out of no where (the screen would all of a sudden go black, and then a few seconds later the windows XP loading thing comes up like it would when you start your computer, hence it restarting). Then when you let it start up again, and load into your account, it has a windows xp error saying "Your system has recovered from a fatal error" I tried cleaning the inside of the computer (I think I did a pretty thorough job with it) but it still restarts. I downloaded this program called SpeedFan that tells you the temps of the fans and they were between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius which I think was alright (it said it would alert you if it got too hot). I also saw somewhere where it said that restarting your internet connection helps? I did so and it didn't restart within the 40 minutes I had it on after that, then I shut down my computer myself for the night. oh yeah, and one more thing. Sometimes when it "restarts" it will cycle through the beginning sequence like 5-10 times, like once it gets to the blue screen, it blacks out again and starts over. Also, the room I keep my computer in has been the same temperature before, so I doubt that has anything to do with it. If you can help me, that would be great! :D

Public Comments

1. my uncle had an older computer that has the same problem yours is starting to have... the power supply is going bad. i replaced it and everything went back to normal
2. In Windows XP, right-click My Computer and choose Properties, click the Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery, Settings. Uncheck the Automatically restart box, and click OK twice. The next time the problem occurs, instead of rebooting you should see the error message. You will have to manually re-boot. Good Luck!
3. think its your power supply! or your ram might be faulty (doubt it tho) don't look at the video its a virus!