Help!

C_Ronaldo

:mad:

my pc has just restarted for no apparent reason, i run avg and adware like every other day and ccleaner too, is there anything i can do to stop it from happening again

BillScarab

You could have a look in the event viewer to see if there is anything there that tells you why it rebooted.

It's hard to stop it happening again if you don't know what caused it in the first place.

Gib_Gib

It could be anything from a imentent hardware failure, to the computer getting too hot, to software badly coded, to a power spike.

If this just happened the once, don't worry too much but do back up important files.

albertross_2

Backup, just in case..

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=274307

C_Ronaldo

BillScarab wrote:

You could have a look in the event viewer to see if there is anything there that tells you why it rebooted.

It's hard to stop it happening again if you don't know what caused it in the first place.

whats event viewer

albertross_2

start, run, eventvwr

sdj25

My initial thought (seen as you say you keep upto date with adware / av etc..) was heat.

is your comp sitting on carpet? Is it close to the wall? If so you may need to open the case & get the dust outta there! (Try a can of compressed air & then do some hoovering once you have got dust everywhere!).

In fact, even if your PC isn't near carpet - and is sitting on lamenated flooring (for example) it never hurts to quite literally 'clean out' your pc every now & then.