Good point.

Glad i found this thread as otherwise would have continued chasing the wrong rabbit (made that saying up!)

Just found this- also very easy:

How To: Mark Partition As Inactive
Open up a command prompt and type DISKPART.
Type LIST DISK.
Type SELECT DISK n (where n is the number of the old Win98 drive)...

Hi Megahertz.
I thought that too. But actually I've been reading up on symptoms of a 'failing' or 'inadequate' PSU and the intermittent problems I had match exactly...
apparently spontaneous...

26/10/19- 26/11/19 eightysix critical error/s reboots

27/11/19 - 2/12/19- ZERO reboots

Pretty sure I can say that this mystery has been solved!

Thank you everyone who helped here!!...

thank you everyone :-)

Very interesting & useful- thanks!

Not heard of that but probably wont bother. I was curious for a while....

I was having problems- mysterious reboots- for over two months and event viewer was literally the only thing logging...

thanks :-)

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HI

How important is it to sort out warning errors.

I often have a lot like this.
I dont understand what they say but am happy to post a few if people here think they should be sorted...

Interesting- could be my imagination but can hear a faint humming noise from PC that I don't recall hearing before. The sort of sound a 'healthy' fan should make.

I did check the old PSU fan was...

ok-
I have normal plugs and nothing fancy plugged in. Just pc monitor lamp printer etc

the only thing is i am near a railway line and up til a few years ago lights used to dim/flicker- but now...

Hi Ken,
I googled 'UPS' and it talks about shopping.... :chuckle:
can you explain what it is?

So bizzare but NO reboots since 8pm Sunday ( and has been on non stop!)

Hi
ty for suggestion.
I have software monitoring those temps. (all good)
Also- I did 'test' temp those areas before with my hand previous and it has never felt hot.


reboots drastically...

Ok- ty for explanation.
So if I have already stress tested H.Ware twice, replaced Hard drive, and done two very long tests on ram and run HP diagnostics for 10-12 hours plus running hdinfo64, & used...

Can you explain what those instructions in post 106 actually do, achieve, check etc. I've completed countless tasks you have suggested throughout this thread yet I still don't understand what some of...

I am pretty good with fixing basic PC stuff but have never wanted to build one from scratch for many reasons. I think I feel safer buying one.

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Hi Steve,

I wont share...

Hi Ken.
no- was going to buy one on ebay for a tenner

but then changed my mind and bought cheap spare duplicate PC (to try swapping/testing hardware)
but that didnt arrive... (ebay-hmmm)
...

sorry- didn't see this reply til now.....
this is very interesting. Thanks so much :-)
My winpro is retail...so could work

the price was wrong (for the drive)

Update: great website BUT they...

Hi
ty for the input.

I've already done all that- I have been working on this since September...

but not giving up (yet) so all suggestions welcome :-)

Does it matter if my two (otherwise identical) ram sticks have different scores for:

Minimum Refresh Recovery Time Delay (tRFCmin): ?

one is 260.000 ns
and other is 160

typo (have fixed it was 76)

cant fix (see this thread).
Unexpected reboot
tried everything (literally)

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done that-
even bought a new drive and did another clean install & still reboots. :huh:

Although only ONCE today! :D

I bought a new Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB drive a few weeks ago in an attempt to fix a problem PC. I may have to scrap the machine (as still cant be fixed) and i wanted to ask are these viable options...

good question.
Have kept a log in the last few weeks but it's very long...and sometimes i undid the thing i tried as it made no difference.
I have learnt there are a LOT of folk who have...

yes- i agree.
should have arrived yesterday, (ebay-hmmm)
aiming to set it all up this weekend

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so strange. :huh:
Only three reboots in last 24 hr

whereas end of last...