Why would your computer reboot itself every 5 to 10 minutes?

Could be a software conflict.

You should probably uninstall any newly installed software and clean out the registry of any corrupt entries and remove all .tmp files from the hard drive. Also, check that your services start normaly and there are no conflicts there either.

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It is your video card. I had the same problem, replaced it and the problem was fixed.

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You probably have the w32.sasser worm (a backdoor trojan). Norton AV has info and fixes for this for free.

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You could have the shut down temperature too low. You change this in the BIOS.

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The other side of the above answer, instead of your computers shut down temperature being too low, maybe your computer is just generating alot of heat. You can check your running CPU temp at the BIOS screen (read the screen when you boot up to find out how to get there, usually you push DEL or F5 or something to get there).

If it's running to hot you can either add more cooling, or knock down how much heat is being produced.

To lower the temp you might do the exact opposite of overclocking (underclocking?), slow down your CPU and BUS speeds. I don't know how effective this will be.

If you want better cooling add more fans, or if you really want it cool, install a water cooling system. It's more expensive (at least a hundred dollars) but it's worth it in my opinion. I prefer the Aquaries Aquatake gear if your CPU temp is the problem.

Other products to consider: A digital temperature gauge that loads into an empty bay, so that you can just look at your computer and judge the heat.

More fans, maybe with some cool LED action.

A multi-speed fan controllor, which will act like the gears on your ten speed bike. Multiple gears means multiple different fan speeds, and many will allow you to controll many fans. I've seen some that allow you to control up to twenty fans, but unless you work for the NSA in Crpytography you probably won't need that.

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most likely if it says something about remote procedure call- its a virus. if you have a really high end system, it might be the heat. get some water cooling for some awesome heat control.

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Check APM settings in Control Panel

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Nauman

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The power settings probaly have it do that. to keep it from doing that go to start > settings > control panel> power options> and make sure everything is on never. That might fix it.

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Make sure that your computer gets plenty of ventilation. Don't put it inside of a cabinet, or some other place where it doesn't get adequate air circulation. Move things like books and boxes from around it. Clean out the dust. Are the heatsinks plugged with dust?

Overheating can cause the capacitors on the motherboard to leak or explode, rendering your motherboard useless. If in doubt, ventilate.

Bad RAM

In addition to the above problems, you could also have bad RAM. I had this problem on my old computer and it was instantly fixed when I replaced the RAM. To find out of your RAM is bad, swap it out with a set of good RAM (from another machine that is working, or if you don't have another computer perhaps you could borrow some from a friend; this is how I acquired a test set). If the problem ceases, replace your RAM. If you swap it out and still have the same problem, then your problem lies elsewhere.

Everything On the Page is a Possibility

First, lemme ask you this. When the last time you cleaned out the processor coolant system you have and reapplied Thermal Paste to the heatsink?

Are there any errors involved with the rebooting? If your using Windows XP it could be faulty software or some sort of missing file in the Windows XP OS. Windows XP comes with a nifty little feature that detects software errors that can potentially fry some piece of hardware in your computer. After all the computers ive fixed that were randomly rebooting this does not sound like the problem(dont rule it out yet, anything is possible until you can find another cause). IF you are getting thrown face first into a blue screen with white text, it should tell you that it terminated Windows for the sake of your investment in the computer hardware(thats in a nutshell pretty much). If you do get the blue screen just reinstall Windows, but im guessing its just totally shutting down when you say "reboot". Its not common for Windows to hit a software malfunction and instantly reboot(should go the the blue screen of death) but it still happens more frequently than it should. But for the most part i would have to say it is probably not Bad RAM seeing that if the RAM was bad it would not get past the motherboard diagnostic screens(the ones that tell you the Masters, slaves, and total RAM in KB) seeing the computer has no Random Access Memory to temporarily store and swap files for the tasks needed to run when you boot Windows(although i could be wrong, anything is possible with a PC). Obviously the RAM does work enough and everything is probably just fine as it is functioning enough to get to Windows and is a sign that it is overheating. As stated above, overheating is probably the major concern here. Most likely the being the problem, try leaving the side of the case off and letting it vent that way if you do not have any case 80mm or 120mm case fans, otherwise keep the side case on or the fans become virtually useless. Get some canned air computer duster and clean out the Fan and heatsink on the processor just incase thats what is overheating it(Its usually the CPU or Graphics Card that is overheating if you think RAM is overheating, tape a stack of 2 or 3 pennies to each chip on the stick, copper makes for a good heat conductor). If the power supply is getting old it could be creating spikes in the computer's power, if that is the problem you are lucky it didnt cook yet..Just restarted. Dont count out the fact that it could be a problem with your house's(Apartment? Closet?) power, the power in my house tends to flux all the time because of different stuff like the Furnace kicking on...etc. etc. your power could cause a brownout(Pretty much the brother to a blackout, the PC equivalent of being struck and killed by lightning when there is no thunderstorm, PSU cant handle the changes and blows something out from the constant flux in wattage) If you think that might be the start of all of this, get a UPS[Uninterrupted Power Supply] to fix the flux problem then a new PSU plus what ever yo think is faulty(of course).

I wouldnt recommend plugging in any good pieces of hardware into your computer until you know for certain that its just that piece, whatever it may be, that is toasted out only. Otherwise a messed up motherboard could just fry whatever you just bought or tried to use in about a nanosecond.

Fixing a computer is trial and error...I know i said it might not be a good idea to start swapping stuff around left and right but sometimes you gotta take risks if you dont have that extra cheap test box to pop the main PC's equipment in and you dont wanna pay some bum 100 bucks to tell you that your box is messed up.

If none of the Answers here work for you and dont help by reading this , start from the top and work your way down. Determine your house's power stability(please, always use a Power Strip with the 3rd prong unless you want to watch your PC go *ZUMP* in the middle of a thunderstorm). Simple guidelines to follow when figuring out the stability. Does my screen seem to flicker/shake when something turns on(something similar to my furnace problem)? Does the light on the power strip flick on an off or dim in and out? If possible buy a UPS and a large wattage capacity PSU from a trusted manufacturer(those generic ones are a great way to end a PC too). Move onto the RAM and determine their status, usually by swapping as stated in an above Answer. If you have 2 sticks of RAM and more ports than you have ram, try taking one out, then swapping it and using the same port with the stick you took out first then just repeat the process down the line of RAM slots one at a time. If theres still no go, find someone gullible enough to test a potentially hazardous piece of hardware in their computer. Next move onto the CPU, check the CPU Fan RPMs then figure out what the standard RPMs for that Fan is(you can figure this one out by probably looking around on the box to the fan or the fan itself most of the time). If you figure the CPU is overheating, which happens 75% of the time, get a water coolant system if possible...If your cheap like me, buy a High RPM fan with a tall copper(not copper plated) heatsink and find a good brand of Thermal Paste. Extensions you can buy for the standard heatsinks and fan setups are almost useless, buy a Fan tube instead so it will direct the heat out of the case instead of just dispersing it inside the case. Testing a CPU can get annoying considering finding someone willing and has the same socket as you do is extremely tough to find. If you cant find anywhere to test it, just leave it there and move along to the next step. Check the Graphics card anyway possible, not exactly hard to find a someone with a AGP or PCIe anymore. Keep moving along, next comes the hard and disc drives. If they boot up when you turn it on you should be good to go. If your not satisfied with listening for some whirling and humming, its even easier to find someone willing to test a HD or a CD/DVD. If you cant find someone to do that, just unplug the CD/DVD drives and go into your motherboard BIOS(assuming it at least gets to that point) and change boot device to a HDD. If you cant figure it out by this point.....Well i dunno then.

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I had this problem too. I have 4 Drive [40 GB] with FAT32 format and 4 Drive [250 GB] with NTFS Format. My computer just gets turn off whenever I start it. Sometime while the welcome screen and sometime while doing anything [anything...]. So I started formatting my Hard Drives [especially from NTFS format], and my computer fixes automatically. I think it was all because of having many compressed files under the NTFS hard drives.
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