>I had one a few years back that almost drove me crazy.  I even ended
>sending it back to the company and they tested for two straight weeks
>and could not duplicate it.  When they shipped back it did it again.  I
>had changed many components and reseated every chip, every board and had
>wiggled everything it had.

>   In the end it turned out to be a loose neutral wire in the electric
>panel coming into the house.  I found it because someone suggest I check
>for a loose ground connection.  I was using an APC power unit and it did
>not prevent it.

>The easiest, simpliest way to check for this is to take it to a friends
>house  and see if it happens there.  Otherwise I would try another
>monitor for a while.

>John Farrow

>Angus Ching wrote:
>>
>> My colleague is working on a computer who reboots by itself for no
>> particular reason. This happens several times in a day and he is not able
>> to save his work before the reboot.
>>
>> My view in this is that the computer could have a power surge, I'm not sure
>> how the power surge come about.
>>
>> TIA for any advice....
>>
>> Regards,
>> Angus Ching
>>
>> /*Begin Quote */
>>      "Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the
>> ultimate result of your life." - Grenville Kleiser
>> /* End of Quote */

We have Compaq Deskpro machines. Two of them had this problem too, in both cases the problem was due to
a defective power switch.
I hope this help.

Fabio Di Tomasso

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