Every once and a while my pc boots this is a couple of months old computer i just finished building it but when i do something or like launch a program or anything the damn thing reboots heres by tech specs

Updated Windows XP pro
80Gig harddrive
Shuttle Motherboard with built in lan
Nvidia 256mb graphics card
built in audio and lan

Originally Posted by rayishu

Every once and a while my pc boots this is a couple of months old computer i just finished building it but when i do something or like launch a program or anything the damn thing reboots heres by tech specs

Updated Windows XP pro
80Gig harddrive
Shuttle Motherboard with built in lan
Nvidia 256mb graphics card
built in audio and lan

if you built it yourself, then your psu may not be powerful enough for the system.

Originally Posted by rayishu

Every once and a while my pc boots this is a couple of months old computer i just finished building it but when i do something or like launch a program or anything the damn thing reboots heres by tech specs

Updated Windows XP pro
80Gig harddrive
Shuttle Motherboard with built in lan
Nvidia 256mb graphics card
built in audio and lan

Please change this setting to get error message;

rt. click My Computer then click Properties then Advanced then Startup and Recovery Settings then unclick Automatically restart

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with a crash.

Also view your Error Log via:
[1] Start Menu
[2] Help and Support
[3] Pick a Task
[4] Tools
[5] Advanced System Information
[6] View the Error Log