Random Restart On New Build

Macboatmaster said:

WildcatTM
Wondered how you were progressing
Still got the problem of the restarts I presume.

Greetings. Apologies, mate. I ended up swapping out the RAM for a new set (same company, same numbers, but this time one of the models recognized as tested). It's been a couple of weeks now, but the last day or so the problem seems to have come back. I'm waiting for another crash before upload those results.

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Like clock work. Just crashed. The one thing I do have that I'm going to change right now is that my CPU is very slightly overclocked (I was messing with the curve a few weeks ago, didn't have a problem). RAM is at default setting. As usual, the crashes weren't under heavy load as far as I can tell. Just browsing the internet, reading e-mails.

Macboatmaster said:

cFosSpeed 11.07

uninstall that and then see if it still crashes.

I uninstalled it 3 days ago. Today was the 1st crash I had.

Macboatmaster said:

There is something not right here
On post 12 Zbook said
Uninstall: cfosspeed6.sys

and then on post 24 I said
uninstall cFosSpeed 11.07


So I am puzzled as to how you uninstall
cfosspeed6.sys

and then on your log of the 12 Feb have
cFosSpeed 11.07

either you are reinstalling it OR some software you are using is automatically installing it.

It is still shown as installed on the log of the 16 February
and it is a running service
cFosSpeedS cFosSpeed System Service Running 5144 Automatic

YOU need to uninstall it
cFosSpeed - Faster Internet access with Traffic Shaping - cFos Software

There are numerous reports of it causing problems and as you say

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The other issue that concerns me is your hosts file
see attached notepad file
Not that those links have been blocked, or the length of it, although that is not good, but the fact that if you are using such indicated links, there is no really effective way of evaluating what has been downloaded to your system

You can be assured that downloading from such as the Pirate bay etc and other such sites - on torrented downloads is a sure fire way to acquire unwanted software


I am not qualified to examine your system for malware.
You can run scans with Malwarebytes and many others, but it does not mean it will find everything
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I suggest you start with the uninstall of that internet booster

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Then test the system and if it still crashes.
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I cannot determine if you ever tried the system for any length of time, as I suggested earlier, with two sticks of ram - it will run perfectly with 16GB
If not you should so so IF it crashes after uninstalling that internet booster.

DO NOT make more than one change at a time and test it for two or three days AFTER each change OR of course until it crashes. Otherwise we will never determine the cause.


I have re- examined your hosts file IF the system still crashes after the uninstall of the cfosspeed and the ram test
RESET your hosts file as here
Reset Hosts file back to default in Windows

Thanks for pointing that out. Apparently cFosSpeed is automatically installed whenever MSI's Dragon Center software runs. So just uninstalling it doesn't do anything, as it'll just reinstall on System restart. There is a way to uninstall it permanently, which it is now. I'll try the other solutions if another restart happens.

Sadly another random restart. I'm going to look into the host comments. I had an old installation folder with Photoshop from years ago when I couldn't afford it. On that system back then, didn't have any problems. I did try to install it on the new system, but changed my mind pretty quickly because Adobe gave us a key. I think prior to all this, I had the random restart issues, though. Either way, I will reset the Host file back to default. Regarding the RAM, I haven't tried the 2 sticks, yet. I figured because these sticks are different from the ones back in December (I returned those and got sticks that were on the QVL list, hoping that might have been the weird problem). Going to go deal with the Host file now.

Had a restart. Again, not doing anything crazy. Doing some work, listening to a YT video. I did change the HOST file last week. Many thanks as always.