Computer restarts when I use computer games. Just rebuilt it with a Radeon HD 4890 to add insult to injury. [more inside]
posted by stoneegg21 on Oct 8, 2009 - 27 answers

Hi. I try setting this Vista Dell laptop for sleep after 1 hour. It drops off...only to come right back on -- to restart. Insomniac computer! [more inside]
posted by noelpratt2nd on Jul 4, 2009 - 5 answers

Your portable audio device restarts from power down. It picks up automagically at the same spot in the audio file as it was positioned before the power down (instead of at the beginning of the file, for example.) Question: does this feature have a name?
posted by telstar on Apr 27, 2009 - 3 answers

Very strange DSL behavior - Is it Big Brother? [more inside]
posted by watercarrier on Feb 14, 2009 - 17 answers

My 15" Powerbook from 2003, running OS X.3, just froze up and demanded that I restart my computer. Why? [more inside]
posted by thecaddy on May 15, 2008 - 9 answers

I've just bought a Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Keyboard 7000, which comes with the matching mouse (8000). It works great with my Windows XP computer, as long as the computer is on. Once I switch the computer off and attempt to restart, the Bluetooth connection is lost and the computer won't start, citing the lack of a keyboard as the reason. Only by repeatedly fiddling and resynching can I get the computer started up. Can anyone suggest how I bond these three devices in permanent holy matrimony?
posted by skylar on Jan 23, 2008 - 15 answers

Firefox is shutting down and restarting my PC, what gives? [more inside]
posted by jasonspaceman on Dec 19, 2007 - 15 answers

My computer seems to be restarting when there's a lot of activity going on - i.e. heavy downloading, many apps, etc. Please help! [more inside]
posted by zavulon on Dec 9, 2007 - 13 answers

Why does my laptop's wireless network fail to work after resuming from standby, requiring a reboot? [more inside]
posted by sprocket87 on Oct 26, 2007 - 12 answers

Why does my MacBook occasionally restart when I close the lid to have it go to sleep? This MacBook is only a couple months old (the latest MacBook revision) running 10.4.10. It's very sporadic. I will close the machine, then, after a few seconds, I hear the Mac startup chime. Here, though, it pauses the startup routine. Then I open the lid and it finishes booting. Any thoughts?
posted by jroybal on Aug 4, 2007 - 16 answers

My laptop is going wonky. Sometimes when I jiggle it, it cuts to a full screen series of flashing colors (I think the order is black, white, red, blue, then green). Each color in the series holds for about a second before proceeding to the next one, then the sequence repeats. I have to then hard restart it. WTF? [more inside]
posted by Falconetti on Nov 10, 2006 - 5 answers

My notebook repeatedly restarts after a second or two. Anything I can do before next week's repair, if possible, to save some cash? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 10, 2006 - 9 answers

Tips, suggestions, and resources for those starting life anew but have no clue - at the moment anyway - what they're supposed to be doing. [more inside]
posted by divabat on Jan 14, 2006 - 14 answers

I'm trying to transfer pictures from my digital camera to my computer, which is being made very difficult by the constant bluescreens Windows is giving me. [more inside]
posted by punishinglemur on Aug 22, 2005 - 10 answers

I've managed to get Windows to blue-screen predictably, but I cannot read the screen because the computer immediately reboots. How can I get the information from the blue screen? (bonus if I can fix the problem with that information!) [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jun 17, 2005 - 12 answers