In event viewer look under Windows Logs - System
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<.> wrote in message news:eVZfrOq%23JHA.1608@xxxxxx
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> Type command into the search box on Start. Right click Command Prompt and
> type (on 1 line)
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> wmic recoveros get
> autoreboot,writetosystemlog,debuginfotype,writedebuginfo
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> If Write to System Log is true type in Start's search Event and choose
> Event Viewer.Look for the message re your crash.
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> "hothed91" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:9064e8dbe53878e3a57f576b95cfc13b@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote:
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>> *_GateWay_GT5428,_intel_pentium_D_CPU_3.20GHz,_1GB_of_RAM,_32-bit_system._*
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>> ok my dad bought a Gateway (model:GT5428) desktop about two years ago.
>> well not long after that it started to shutdown unexpectedly. ofcoarse
>> my dad thinking that it would cost a butt load of money to get it fixed.
>> so he tried to fix it himself and asking my step-grandfather to help
>> him, but the problem still continues.
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>> Here I'll give detailed discription of what usually happens: when
>> logging in, the unit's fan gets really noisy as if its handling alot at
>> once. if we open a program like internet explorer to soon it will
>> shutdown; so we usually wait a while until we think it's ok to open the
>> program. but after shutting down a blue screen appears and then it
>> reboots. now in safe mode it works fine so I'm pretty sure it's not a
>> Ram problem but I believe it maybe a driver issue concerning some
>> hardware( a linksys wi-fi adapter) that was installed by someone at
>> circuit city when he bought the computer.
>> so I need help finding the problem. Problem reports and solutions has
>> logged in 366 unexpected shutdowns since 2007.
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