I doubt it is your memory.
Read this thread. I think rebooting can be a related problem.
Before reformatting, try the adaware and spybot and see if that helps.
DenverDon
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| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 |  Posted - Jan 7 2004 : 7:36AMThis is the 2nd time in 3 days that I am formating my second hard drive. The first time I formated it everything was okay until the second day that it began to reboot itself randomly and then it rebooted after 15 seconds with a RPC (Remote Procedure Call) message. Right now its the 2nd time that I formated my hard drive, it reboots itself like every 20 minutes, no RPC yet, I installed Norton Antivirus 2004. So anyone knows how to fix the rebooting problem? Maybe its my memory? If so, then how do I diagnose my memory? [Link] |
| DenverDon Benevolent Firmly Embedded in Depravity 5914 Posts 7/02 | Posted - Jan 7 2004 : 9:02AM I doubt it is your memory. Read this thread. I think rebooting can be a related problem. Before reformatting, try the adaware and spybot and see if that helps. DenverDon [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Jan 7 2004 : 9:12AM Either way I wish you luck...I can't stand windows, but 2K is the least problematic I have dealt with; so 2k until Linux. [Link] |
| mookiemeister Super Cool Dude 181 Posts 7/02 | Posted - Jan 7 2004 : 11:12AM "The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise." - George Santayana [Link] |
Flash  Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Jan 7 2004 : 10:30PM |
| shenton Member 96 Posts 9/03 | Posted - Jan 8 2004 : 12:55AM Excerpt from article: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a protocol used by the Windows operating system. There is a vulnerability in the part of RPC that deals with message exchange over TCP/IP. The failure results because of incorrect handling of malformed messages. This particular vulnerability affects a Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface with RPC, which listens on RPC enabled ports. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability would be able to run code with Local System privileges on an affected system. The attacker would be able to take any action on the system, including installing programs, viewing changing or deleting data, or creating new accounts with full privileges. What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants Excerpt from article: At 11:34 A.M. Pacific Time on August 11, Microsoft began investigating a worm reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). The worm, W32.Blaster.Worm and its variants, exploits a security issue that was addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026. This worm also has the potential to exploit a similar issue that is addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-039. These issues concern a vulnerability in the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) function. Steps for Home Users ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I had a problem with the W32.Blaster.Worm when one day I reinstall my WIN2K. After completing the WIN2K installation from the manufacturer's CD, I installed SP3 which I had downloaded from Microsoft. I then began installing other software when this error pops out: In Event Viewer, I can see the following error:I had no clue on what happened so I repeat the re-installation. After 3 reinstallation, the error pops out and I was baffled. By chance, I scan the computer with Norton Anti-Virus and I was surprised to find this message:At this point, I had only installed WIN2K from the CD and SP3 from Microsoft. I believe that the SP3 from Microsoft is infected. In any case, I delete off mslaugh .exe (no clue what mslaugh .exe is) from my computer.Thinking I fixed the problem, I went on installing other software and configuring my computer. To my disgust, the error keeps popping out. In addition, Norton AntiVirus reported more W32.Blaster.Worms in different variants and could not fix the virus. I got pretty pissed with this because I do not know what the cause of the problem. I had so far loaded software from the manufacturer or Microsoft. Norton cannot kill the virus. I search C:\WINNT\System32\ for the TFTP* files and there is no such files.Almost giving up and ignoring the error (the error will not cause the computer to reboot but disable a number of functions such as can no longer cut and paste, recycle bin not working correctly etc.), I went on to configure the computer and run Windows Update. After running the following hotfixes from Microsoft, the problem is fixed. After thoughts:- It seems that Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 is infected with virus (mslaugh .exe) - I do not know if the C:\WINNT\System32\TFTP1328 etc files are just temporary files or how they got infected - After installing the above hotfixes from Microsoft, I managed to fix the error. [Link] |
| ShiWarrior Senior Member 1170 Posts 8/01 | Posted - Jan 17 2004 : 8:18AM if it goes above a certain tempreture it will reboot automatically what is the CPU and heatsink/fan u are running ? ------------------ [Link] |
| daviangel Member Only time I would buy a girl flowers is if she was in the hospital 455 Posts 1/04 | Posted - Jan 31 2004 : 11:32AM I've used every windows os from dos,nt,xp,to windows 2003 server and windows 20004( windows xp media center)and i have to agree that the best in one of them all is w2k for some reason. yeah whatever godforsaken stuff they brought from win9x into the "nt" line to make xp makes it pretty flaky. The worse thing about it is that for the first couple of weeks you use it will work great and be stable but use it for months or years as I have and ultimately the registry will get hosed if u don't get a virus first and you'll have to reinstall. That's why my mac powerbook is so great because since I bought it 2 year's ago I haven't had to reinstall the OS once! Anyways like others have posted here it's most likely something other than memory causing your problems. Unless you recently started mucking around your computer and gave the memory a shock of static electricity or bumped your computer and your memory got loose.but then it wouldn't even turn on. If you want to check your memory anyways here is a tool microsoft finally put out to check it. I guess they finally got sick of everyone blaming them for their BSOD!LOL memory checker my guess would be overheating since that would also cause your system to reboot spontaneously. In that case maybe you want to look inside your case if you haven't in a while and blow out any dirt stacking up in their. You'll be suprised how much gunk will get on your cpu fan in a short amount of time and cause it to overheat. Also make sure your computer isn't overclocked. I doubt it's a virus. Although if someone did install a backdoor type program on your computer they could easily toy with your computer and make it reboot whenever they felt like it. I had some real jokers at last place I worked that used to plant programs on people's computer so that they couldn't logon the computer or if they did it would reboot on them. They thought noone knew what they were up to but unlucky for them I know my way around computers,not to mention calling your virus reboot doesn't help hide it! you said you already formatted your harddisk 2x. May I ask what tool you used to format? If you really think there was a virus you should use your harddrive manufacture(maxtor,western digital) boot disk to format it and maybe even lowlevel it. also running harddisk diagnostic on the harddrive wouldn't hurt while your at it.And since most drives support SMART nowadays you'll definitely know if your harddrive has a problem. Anyways let us know if you have any luck cuz i sure know how much I hate it when my computer doesn't do what it's supposed to! It's like ordering a burrito without onions at taco bell and they still give you a frigging one with onions! [Link] |
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