I experienced a similar problem like this in two separate cases.
The first case had a faulty power supply. You could tell by just lightly tapping on the power supply and the small vibration caused the power to fail and reboot the computer. To confirm it, the supply was tapped while the power supply was outside of the computer case. The second case involved a faulty ON/OFF switch. A new one solved the problem. In determining the real problem, I suggest to first always look at simplest causes or reasons (that is usually what it is), then look at the complicated reasons. I couldn't help but think about your comments about how the problem sometimes occurs during printing. Is it possible that the printer is causing the computer to vibrate and set off a faulty power supply or switch? (or something else?) If it is a virus, perhaps Linux can help in avoiding it. I guess that would depends on the virus (ie.- whether the virus could also cause a reboot in Linux - that I wouldn't know). Let us know how you resolve everything, Peter Williams CLUG Membership #02L02203 On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Graham monk wrote: > > Hi All > Hope you dont object too stronly to this post, > but I think it is hardware related and I > know ther is a lot of knowledge on this list. > Our computers are running MYOB and an Access > database on Win98. The files and printing are done > from one computer. Every so often this machine reboots. > This usually happens when given several documents to print. > It is 1Ghz with 256MB RAM Dell. > I AM working on a switch to Linux. > I have tried replacing the power supply, > Switching the RAM > Increasing the cooling (twice) > It does not always correlate to printing > It does not allways correlate to heat, but does seem to occur > more frequently when hot and when printing. > Any suggestions other chuck them all out and replace with Linux? > ( Which will happen when I can get a viable replacement running) > Thanks > Graham > > >
