[BonzNumber1]

Hey

My pc is doing some really weird stuff

Normally about onece a day my computer does an unsafe restart... just black screen then it posts and starts up again and it takes forever and once i'm up again it takes 10-15 min b4 the thing is even stable... The weiredest thing about this is everytime i restart program files become corupt, but on the next restart those programs work again and some new ones become corupt it's really weired....

the problem started about a week ago but i havn't installed anything in like 3 weeks (not even browser adons) i have scaned my computer with Norton AV, adaware, spybot D&D, and housecall fixed all problems and then rescaned and came back clean

the OS i'm running is a new install but it is one that i have used B4 with no problems (first time went 1 1/2 years b4 i decided to reinstall) i'm running vista ultimate with SP1

there has been no overclocking done and i am runing at good temps (nothing over 50oC)

here is my hardwere spec sheet from Everest... not sure why it reports that i have media center edition though

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name POWERPC (Power PC)
User Name Bonz

Motherboard:
CPU Type Unknown, 2200 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4, AMD Hammer
System Memory 3328 MB (Registered DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (11/27/07)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Monitor Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB] (L800C0184030)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Speakers (C-Media CM6501 Like S

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller ATE53029 IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive ST3250410AS ATA Device (232 GB, IDE)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 238472 MB (60249 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant Cordless Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter D-Link Wireless N USB Adapter DWA-130 (192.168.0.102)
Network Adapter IBM 10/100 EtherJet PCI Management Adapter
Network Adapter Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapter (169.254.2.2)

Peripherals:
Printer Fax
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Send To OneNote 2007
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device C-Media CM6501 Like Sound Device
USB Device D-Link Wireless N USB Adapter DWA-130
USB Device Logitech Cordless USB Mouse
USB Device Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapter
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device


any help would be great... if you need any more info let me know

[CntdwnToExtn]

Check the Event Viewer to see if anything is writing to the logs before it restarts.
Does it happen at random times or specifically when you do something - eg. putting a heavy load on the system (gaming, encoding, etc).

I'd suggest scanning with AVG Anti-Virus as well instead of Norton.

[Mak213]

Why is Vista SP2 not installed? It has been out long enough and is stable enough and should be on the PC since it is required to have all the latest updates installed. Since you dont have it you dont have all the most recent updates installed and anything is possible due to that. You need to update your OS to include all the most recent updates.

[BonzNumber1]

ok so I ran avg and it came back clean... i won't be able to check the event viewer b4 it restarts but after the next one i will check it and tell you the most recent erors but under what should i be looking? i'm guessing the critical one normally the restarts hapen after being idle all night when i come to it in the mirning it runs for like 10 min then restarts... but it has hapend during gaming or even wile watching videos... as for why i'm on sp1 windows update dosent seem to have any new updates for me i have them all installed

a new problem to add to the list today it started freezing ish programs will lock up for like 5 min i can still minimise and maxumise but can't do anything but the system seems to be under only lite load

[BonzNumber1]

*BUMP*

anyone have anything that may help?

[patonb]

Vista sp2 d/l;
Download details: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Five Language Standalone (KB948465)

Some sp1 machines have update issues using autoupdate