Restarting

OK, I don't even know where to begin. Everything was fine a week ago, and
now it's gone bonkers. I bought a DVD burner, installed it and everything
was fine. I burned a couple of disks; things worked. Then one day it
stopped in the middle of a disk and has not worked since. I keep getting an
error message like "can not read device because of I/O error". In the
process of trying to make it work, I took it out and put it back in, just as
I had before. About the same time, I was having trouble with my EZ
antivirus. I was told to run Winsock, which I did. Now my computer keeps
restarting, sometimes right when I start the computer. The long story is
because I do not know what caused the problem. I have checked, and the
auto-restart on critical errors is not enabled in windows xp. Could some
one help me, or direct me to possible solutions to my problem:

1. Why is my computer restarting for no apparent reason?
2. Why can't I get my DVD player to work?

 

A few things to check.

Power supply. Be sure it is producing enough clean power. The addition of
the DVD could be over stressing it.
Fans. Check all the fans including the CPU fan.
Check your RAM. If you have two sticks of RAM try each one by itself. If
one doesn't work then you found your answer. If they both work look at the
fans and power supply.

I doubt it is a driver or antivirus issue.

QQ

 

QQ> A few things to check.

QQ> Power supply. Be sure it is producing enough clean power. The
QQ> addition of
QQ> the DVD could be over stressing it.
QQ> Fans. Check all the fans including the CPU fan.
QQ> Check your RAM. If you have two sticks of RAM try each one by
QQ> itself. If
QQ> one doesn't work then you found your answer. If they both work look
QQ> at the
QQ> fans and power supply.

QQ> I doubt it is a driver or antivirus issue.

QQ> QQ

How do you check the power supply and fans? Do you need special equipment?
Like I said, the thing ran fine and then just crapped out. I have unplugged
it and tried to restore and the same thing happened. I am beginning to
suspect the anti-virus software.

 

It worked fine before it quit. Do you realize how dumb that statement
is? Man the assholes they allow to own computers.

tom

 

I did not realize they allowed mental patients access to computers. You
should be aware however that they are probably monitoring your activity and
now you'll have to address this with your therapist. Jackass.


th> It worked fine before it quit. Do you realize how dumb that
th> statement
th> is? Man the assholes they allow to own computers.

th> tom

 

Joker, don't mind idiots like t. hunt.
Anyway, you didn't mention what AOpen mainboard you have. I have the
AK77-600 Max and in the BIOS under Silent PC/PC Health you will find voltage
readings that the mainboard is detecting from the power supply. Compare the
voltage from what the specs from the power supply state. If the difference
is more than say 15% either way you most likely have a faulty power supply.
As power supplies age and are stressed they loose the ability to maintain
are meet their rated specs.

You can visually observe the fans by opening up the case. If a fan is not
spinning it is defective and needs to be replaced. Some AOpen mainboards
will shut down or randomly restart when overheated. No rhythm or reason to
when the restart or shut down happens.

Don't forget to check the RAM also like I posted previously. If all these
fail, I can't help with the limited info you provided. Again I don't think
you have a driver problem.

QQ

 

Any number of hardware faults can cause the power supply to give poor
regulation, a short in the motherboard for instance. But hey just
replace it and when that doesn't work replaced something else.

This is nonsense. There is a reason for shutdown, this nitwit can't
figure it out so he makes an asinine statement about no rhythm or reason.

And oh yeah, if following my advice doesn't work it's because you
provided limited info. lol .

Follow this twits advice and you'll be up and running in no time. The
guys that post fixes here sometimes are just clueless when it comes to
trouble shooting electronic equipment. I wouldn't trust this guy to
change the batteries in my flashlight. There are several problems that
could cause a fan not to spin, follow this idiots advice and you will
get it working, you might have to replace your entire system, but you
will get it working.

tom

 

But your recommendations are so helpful.

 

I am not using an Aopen main board, just a dvd player. My main board is a
phoenix and I can not find voltage information.