Computer restarts itself... Why???

[xzaynex]

Ok... so ive been dealing with this for a while now. I just got a new motherboard and processor it is a Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 1.00 GB of ram and the system i am running is windows xp professional service pack 2. the most recent processor i had was an amd athalon something or another and it got fried and wiped out my hard drive because of a virus. and now... with this new set up, my computer will restart itself and i noticed that it mainly only happens when i am watching a video on youtube or sometimes when im talking with someone that is using a webcam... and everytime i try to play a game it restarts itself... also... my internet... i use mozilla firefox and it keeps getting errors that tell me that i have to close it... sometimes it will happen whenever i check my email using internet explorer... to me it seems like something might be wrong with the video part of the motherboard... im not sure... i really could use some help. Thanks!

 

[Rik]

Download the most up to date mobo (motherboard) and graphics card drivers and see if that helps.

 

[Jase123]

try taking the mobo out of the case and putting it on an anti static bag then connect everythin up and see if that works

 

[Tarkus]

Your computer is probably getting a stop error, and is also set to reboot on error. right click on 'my computer' select properties. go to advanced tab/startup and recovery click on settings and un-click the box for 'Automatically Restart'.

Now when it crashes it's going to show the bluescreen. read the stop number and compare to this site. http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

[xzaynex]

wow... thanks... it was checked haha