Booting spontaneously

I am running Vista Home Premium on an HP DV6000 notebook. It keeps
spontaneously rebooting even when noting is running but Windows. After a few
reboots it needs to boot in safe mode or be cold started. Anyone got a cure
for this?
many thanks
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Bernard V Liengme
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Hi,

Spontaneous restarts are often heat related. Make sure the intake and
exhaust vents are not blocked (left rear corner) and that the fan is
operating when the unit feels hot.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Bernard Liengme" <> wrote in message
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>I am running Vista Home Premium on an HP DV6000 notebook. It keeps
>spontaneously rebooting even when noting is running but Windows. After a
>few reboots it needs to boot in safe mode or be cold started. Anyone got a
>cure for this?
> many thanks
> --
> Bernard V Liengme
> remove caps from email
>
>

>
> spontaneously rebooting even when noting is running but Window
>
In *C:\Windows\Minidump* or in *C:\Windows* (it depends from syste
setting) after BSOD system create *.DMP files -find theem and debug the
- this help you to analyze your problrm.See more 'How to read the smal
memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263

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Flavius

It is unlikely that a dump file is being created on a spontaneous reboot.
They are created when, as you indicated, a stop error (blue screen) occurs.
A sudden reboot is more likely to be a hardware protection mechanism kicking
in, the operating system would receive no warning and the memory dump would
not happen.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Flavius" <> wrote in message
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>> spontaneously rebooting even when noting is running but Windows
>>
> In *C:\Windows\Minidump* or in *C:\Windows* (it depends from system
> setting) after BSOD system create *.DMP files -find theem and debug them
> - this help you to analyze your problrm.See more 'How to read the small
> memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging'
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263)
>
>
> --
> Flavius

Hi,

Certainly it does, but the key is word "spontaneous". A stop error will have
a blue screen, even if it's only long enough for the memory dump to record.
It may be brief, but is definitely noticeable. A hardware initiated one
wouldn't, it'd be instantaneous. The OP made no mention of a blue screen,
but rather used a fairly definitive term - at least for me - which points
towards a hardware issue. But yes, you could be right.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Zaphod Beeblebrox" <> wrote in message
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> Except that by default, Vista reboots on stop errors, so it would appear
> to be a spontaneous reboot... Certainly worth checking for the minidump
> files.
>
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> Zaphod
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> No matter where you go, there you are!
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> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> It is unlikely that a dump file is being created on a spontaneous reboot.
>> They are created when, as you indicated, a stop error (blue screen)
>> occurs. A sudden reboot is more likely to be a hardware protection
>> mechanism kicking in, the operating system would receive no warning and
>> the memory dump would not happen.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Flavius" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> spontaneously rebooting even when noting is running but Windows
>>>>
>>> In *C:\Windows\Minidump* or in *C:\Windows* (it depends from system
>>> setting) after BSOD system create *.DMP files -find theem and debug them
>>> - this help you to analyze your problrm.See more 'How to read the small
>>> memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging'
>>> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Flavius
>>
>
>