[Techtalk] OT but I'm desperate.... Windows....!

Michelle Howson a.howson at student.unsw.edu.au
Thu Oct 17 09:22:40 EST 2002


>
>Did you see Poppy's post on disabling the "reboot on system failure"
>option?
>That should tide you over- still, as someone else mentioned, a weak power
>supply is a potential hazard. The specific cause of the spontaneous reboot
>is
>low CPU voltage; because the PC power supply cannot deliver the full rated
>power (3 to 5 volts) under load.

Yes I saw that, forgot to mention in my last reply early this morning that
I was going to do that.  Haven't crashed yet, so no idea whether it's
really going to help much or not.  I'll still be getting a blue screen, and
you can't always come back from them without a reboot anyway.

Thanks


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