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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

It's just a few weeks over a year. Of course! :)
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- Post #24
- Jan 4, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Thanks - I'll replace the battery and report back.
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- Post #22
- Jan 4, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Ha! :) One more thing - I've noticed that when Windows boots up now, the little Windows jingle sounds sounds fuzzy - like there's static, even though the speakers are fine. Not sure if that means anything...
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- Post #20
- Jan 4, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Ok - I'll try that. But the date and time in my BIOS and the Windows 7 time were both perfectly correct. When you mentioned that the date was set to 2014, why is that incorrect? It *is* 2014!
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- Post #18
- Jan 4, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Unfortunately it is still powering down/rebooting even with the battery removed. The last time, it beeped 5 times, several times, and wouldn't start up....
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- Post #16
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Thanks - I'm re-running the BSOD app with the new dump setting. I am currently running on a battery, sometimes with wall plug power, and sometimes the battery alone. The shutdowns occur regardless of whether I'm on battery alone or wall plug power. I'll take the battery out and see if/when I get...
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- Post #15
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Re: BDOS Output Sorry - the BSOD instruction specifically stated to start a new thread...Attached is a png file of the screen capture after I changed "Kernel Memory Dump" to "Complete Memory Dump" as per the instructions you provided. Should I rerun the BSOD app and provide the new output? I'll...
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- Post #13
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

BDOS Output Attached is my zipped output from the BSOD file collection. The performance monitor crapped out during the report generation, so I haven't included it here. My laptop has been repeatedly and randomly rebooting many times during the day. Dell Inspiron 5520 Intel Core i3 2370M Intel...
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- Post #9
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

I was able to run the BSOD app. When I tried to run the performance monitor, it returned an error message when trying to generate a report. Shall I follow the instructions to start a new thread with the BDOS zipped output, and leave out the performance monitor report? - Thanks.
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- Post #8
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

It just booted into normal mode and I'm running the bsod app. If it craps out in the middle, I'll try booting into safe mode. Thanks for the help!
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- Post #7
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Safe mode worked earlier today. I'll try again now...
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- Post #6
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Unfortunately it won't stay booted long enough -it's now restarting immediately upon startup. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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- Post #4
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

Thanks! Will do.
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- Post #3
- Jan 3, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Dell Inspiron Keeps Restarting Randomly

My 1 year old Dell Inspiron has started randomly rebooting throughout the day. Sometime the interval between reboots is a few hours, other times just a few minutes. It happens at least 5-10 times per day. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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- Jan 3, 2014
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- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista

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