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PC keeps rebooting after I tried to add USB device

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  • 03-12-2014 2:35pm
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    Steve King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭


    A few days ago I tried plugging a new printer into a PC via USB and the system decided it was going to have a little lie down and rebooted. It now will load to the Windows home screen grand but after about a minute it reboots itself again.

    It it an old PC (about 10 years) and has a few other external hard-drives going into it via USB. So maybe I overloaded it?

    Any ideas on how to get it back to 100%?

    Cheers.


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    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Maybe try using a powered usb hub.


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    #3
    Toom3y7
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Toom3y7


    what version of windows is it running? also 10 years man, thing must be running pretty rough :P


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    Steve King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Steve King


    Toom3y7 wrote: »
    what version of windows is it running? also 10 years man, thing must be running pretty rough :P

    I think its Vista. And you're right, its a dinosaur by PC standards but I rarely get any hassle from it. Till now ;)

    Im searching some UK PC forums about it here and some say its something to do with the BIOS? I think BIOS can be accessed in the pre-load "settings" window but I dont want to feck around with that unless I 100% know what Im doing.


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    Halfbaker
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭Halfbaker


    Remove any external drives, usb devices etc and see if the problem persists.

    I doubt it's got anything to with the BIOS.


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,662 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Steve King wrote: »
    A few days ago I tried plugging a new printer into a PC via USB and the system decided it was going to have a little lie down and rebooted. It now will load to the Windows home screen grand but after about a minute it reboots itself again.

    It it an old PC (about 10 years) and has a few other external hard-drives going into it via USB. So maybe I overloaded it?

    Any ideas on how to get it back to 100%?

    Cheers.

    Kind of sounds like it tried to load a driver for the device and did not like it,

    Can you start it in "Safe Mode" and remove a driver if possible.


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    Steve King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Steve King


    GerardKeating wrote: »
    Kind of sounds like it tried to load a driver for the device and did not like it,

    Can you start it in "Safe Mode" and remove a driver if possible.

    It seemed stable for the 5 mins I tried it in Safe Mode, no reboots.

    How do I remove the driver?

    Thanks.


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    Steve King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Steve King


    Halfbaker wrote: »
    Remove any external drives, usb devices etc and see if the problem persists.

    I doubt it's got anything to with the BIOS.

    I tried that and it still reboots when not in Safe mode.


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    Halfbaker
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭Halfbaker


    Click on start and type eventvwr.msc
    In the event viewer look in the "system" section and see if there are any errors recorded at the relevant times.


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