Why does my PC keep freezing and turning itself off and rebooting?

Question

It can happen at any time. (eg: surfing the net, checking email, playing games) Firstly the mouse will freeze or can't click on anything, then will reboot itself. I have had it to a repairer and they stated may have been over heating or a possibly the power supply. They have thoroughly cleaned it and sent back to me, but it is still doing the same thing. It is driving me nuts, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

You should look for the asnwer in Windows Event Viewer. Run it by clicking Start-->Run...-->eventvwr.exe. There you can see what's the problem.

Answer 2

Hope this helps. Try doing the procedures to make your computer faster.

1. Open Start menu, then Accessories, choose System tools, choose Disk Cleanup, that will allow you to remove unwanted memory stored in your disk c or e, making your computer work faster.

2. Using the same procedure, go to System Tools, then click on the Disk Defragmenter. Do this only if your disk is now to confined.

3. Clear your Recycle Bin.

4.Upgrade your computer's systems such as memory.

5. Buy a better microprocessor at least dual core or higher.

6. Open Start menu> Run> type msconfig>choose Startup then unmark applications in there that you don't need at startup except of course your Antivirus. This will make your computer faster at startup.

7. Scan your computer with an antivirus.

8. Go to My Computer then right click drive C> Properties> Tools> Check System for Errors, check "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" then OK. Be patient on this process. Don't choose automatically fix.

9. Open Start menu,choose Run, type gpedit.msc, click OK, open Administrative Templates, then click at Network >Qos Packet Scheduler> LImit Reservable Bandwidh> mark " Enabled" and on the text box erase 20 then type 0- hit" Apply"- then click OK, reboot the computer. (Works on Windows XP Professional)

10. Use a registry cleaner such as CCleaner.

11. The computer tends to reboot itself when its hardware can't take hold of the apps and games that the computer is running. In terms of gaming, for example, you need to have a better video card, better proccessor, better memory. So you have to have the right hardware for your computing needs.

Answer 3

well this once happened to my friend and it turned out it was a virus or something that would restart the computer after a certain amount of time....

have you had a virus scan done recently?

try that....