Vista reboots without warning while surfing

I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I have issues with the system cold
rebooting while surfing any websites. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 system.
I've had several avenues of support from Dell's "experts" from India. None
has solved the issue so far. If I run a Video card stress test, then go on a
website and surf, the system will cold reboot in less than 10-20 seconds.
The CPU does not seem to go over 60c, and the memory does not seem to run out
of resources. Currently, if I surf for about 30 minutes or so, I will get a
reboot. I have reinstalled Vista with SP1 and all updates. Any extra info
for me here? Thanks for your support!!

Leo3 wrote:

> I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I have issues with the system cold
> rebooting while surfing any websites. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 system.
> I've had several avenues of support from Dell's "experts" from India.
> None
> has solved the issue so far. If I run a Video card stress test, then go
> on a website and surf, the system will cold reboot in less than 10-20
> seconds. The CPU does not seem to go over 60c, and the memory does not
> seem to run out
> of resources. Currently, if I surf for about 30 minutes or so, I will get
> a
> reboot. I have reinstalled Vista with SP1 and all updates. Any extra
> info
> for me here? Thanks for your support!!

This certainly sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially since you've
already done a clean install and are still experiencing the same problem.
Since this is a laptop computer, you can't fix this yourself. I'm sorry but
you need to call Dell tech support and insist that they replace/repair the
computer.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

It does seem to be possibly the CPU a little bit touche, because if I run a
video stress test (it never crashes here), then run a website and start
surfing, the system reboots. I try again without the stress test and surf,
it reboots again. The exhaust seems to be a little bit hot, so I don't
really see much else an issue, other than possibly poor CPU circulation.

"Malke" wrote:

> Leo3 wrote:
>
> > I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I have issues with the system cold
> > rebooting while surfing any websites. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 system.
> > I've had several avenues of support from Dell's "experts" from India.
> > None
> > has solved the issue so far. If I run a Video card stress test, then go
> > on a website and surf, the system will cold reboot in less than 10-20
> > seconds. The CPU does not seem to go over 60c, and the memory does not
> > seem to run out
> > of resources. Currently, if I surf for about 30 minutes or so, I will get
> > a
> > reboot. I have reinstalled Vista with SP1 and all updates. Any extra
> > info
> > for me here? Thanks for your support!!
>
> This certainly sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially since you've
> already done a clean install and are still experiencing the same problem.
> Since this is a laptop computer, you can't fix this yourself. I'm sorry but
> you need to call Dell tech support and insist that they replace/repair the
> computer.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

It might be worth running some RAM tests. Also, though unlikely the cause,
check that you have the latest video driver.
--

"Leo3" <Leo3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B72A793-7E04-4A36-B10E-C369857814EF@microsoft.com...
> It does seem to be possibly the CPU a little bit touche, because if I run
> a
> video stress test (it never crashes here), then run a website and start
> surfing, the system reboots. I try again without the stress test and
> surf,
> it reboots again. The exhaust seems to be a little bit hot, so I don't
> really see much else an issue, other than possibly poor CPU circulation.
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> Leo3 wrote:
>>
>> > I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I have issues with the system cold
>> > rebooting while surfing any websites. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720
>> > system.
>> > I've had several avenues of support from Dell's "experts" from India.
>> > None
>> > has solved the issue so far. If I run a Video card stress test, then
>> > go
>> > on a website and surf, the system will cold reboot in less than 10-20
>> > seconds. The CPU does not seem to go over 60c, and the memory does not
>> > seem to run out
>> > of resources. Currently, if I surf for about 30 minutes or so, I will
>> > get
>> > a
>> > reboot. I have reinstalled Vista with SP1 and all updates. Any extra
>> > info
>> > for me here? Thanks for your support!!
>>
>> This certainly sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially since
>> you've
>> already done a clean install and are still experiencing the same problem.
>> Since this is a laptop computer, you can't fix this yourself. I'm sorry
>> but
>> you need to call Dell tech support and insist that they replace/repair
>> the
>> computer.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS-MVP
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> Don't Panic!
>>

Go into control panel System/advanced and disable the auto reboot on BSOD
option so that you can possibly see the cause of the reboot.
My daughter had a laptop for which we had to use a vacuum cleaner every six
months or so to clean dust off of the exhaust fans.
Make sure that your laptop is never used on a soft surface since that will
block the fans.
"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:u6rQ7QmwIHA.516@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> It might be worth running some RAM tests. Also, though unlikely the
> cause, check that you have the latest video driver.
> --
>
> "Leo3" <Leo3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B72A793-7E04-4A36-B10E-C369857814EF@microsoft.com...
>> It does seem to be possibly the CPU a little bit touche, because if I run
>> a
>> video stress test (it never crashes here), then run a website and start
>> surfing, the system reboots. I try again without the stress test and
>> surf,
>> it reboots again. The exhaust seems to be a little bit hot, so I don't
>> really see much else an issue, other than possibly poor CPU circulation.
>>
>> "Malke" wrote:
>>
>>> Leo3 wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I have issues with the system cold
>>> > rebooting while surfing any websites. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720
>>> > system.
>>> > I've had several avenues of support from Dell's "experts" from India.
>>> > None
>>> > has solved the issue so far. If I run a Video card stress test, then
>>> > go
>>> > on a website and surf, the system will cold reboot in less than 10-20
>>> > seconds. The CPU does not seem to go over 60c, and the memory does not
>>> > seem to run out
>>> > of resources. Currently, if I surf for about 30 minutes or so, I will
>>> > get
>>> > a
>>> > reboot. I have reinstalled Vista with SP1 and all updates. Any extra
>>> > info
>>> > for me here? Thanks for your support!!
>>>
>>> This certainly sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially since
>>> you've
>>> already done a clean install and are still experiencing the same
>>> problem.
>>> Since this is a laptop computer, you can't fix this yourself. I'm sorry
>>> but
>>> you need to call Dell tech support and insist that they replace/repair
>>> the
>>> computer.
>>>
>>> Malke
>>> --
>>> MS-MVP
>>> Elephant Boy Computers
>>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>>> Don't Panic!
>>>
>
>

On Fri, 30 May 2008 07:11:01 -0700, Leo3
<Leo3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>It does seem to be possibly the CPU a little bit touche, because if I run a
>video stress test (it never crashes here), then run a website and start
>surfing, the system reboots.

No reboots on back-to-back-to-back stress test either, right?

Only when web-surfing?

I yes to both the above, it's not hardware.



I try again without the stress test and surf,
>it reboots again. The exhaust seems to be a little bit hot, so I don't
>really see much else an issue, other than possibly poor CPU circulation.
>
>"Malke" wrote:
>
>> Leo3 wrote:
>>
>> > I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I have issues with the system cold
>> > rebooting while surfing any websites. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 system.
>> > I've had several avenues of support from Dell's "experts" from India.
>> > None
>> > has solved the issue so far. If I run a Video card stress test, then go
>> > on a website and surf, the system will cold reboot in less than 10-20
>> > seconds. The CPU does not seem to go over 60c, and the memory does not
>> > seem to run out
>> > of resources. Currently, if I surf for about 30 minutes or so, I will get
>> > a
>> > reboot. I have reinstalled Vista with SP1 and all updates. Any extra
>> > info
>> > for me here? Thanks for your support!!
>>
>> This certainly sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially since you've
>> already done a clean install and are still experiencing the same problem.
>> Since this is a laptop computer, you can't fix this yourself. I'm sorry but
>> you need to call Dell tech support and insist that they replace/repair the
>> computer.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS-MVP
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> Don't Panic!
>>