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Windows 7 Restarts Randomly When Using Netflix
I've got another PC problem. I am running Win7 Utlimate 32bit on my Shuttle xPC. The specs are below:
Shuttle XPC Barebone
2GB DDR2 Ram
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT Video Card (has an S-video port so I can plug it into the TV)
500GB Seagate HDD
AMD Athlon 64 X2
Originally, I had Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on the computer, but I kept getting BSOD's/random restarts when trying to watch Netflix. I diagnosed the BSOD's and found that they were caused by my TV tuner driver. When I removed the driver, I didn't get another BSOD, but the random restarts continued. Since the drivers are mainly for 32bit systems, I decided to reinstall Windows 32bit to see if that would fix the issue. Alas, no. The TV tuner driver works and I don't get any blue screens, but when I try to watch Netflix, the computer still restarts randomly. I checked event viewer for anything, but no errors were present or none were related to the crash. The issue seems to only happen with Netflix, because I tried watching videos from other websites for hours and nothing happened.
The restarts are erratic. Sometimes they happen only minutes into watching or something. Sometimes it takes a few hours.
No mini dump files are made after the PC restarts. It just goes black and boots through the POST again.
Side note, I don't know why, but there's something wrong with the boot animation on the computer. For some reason, when windows 7 is booting up, the vista loading bar is there instead of the win7 glowing logo. Reinstalling windows didn't change it back to normal (it was still the vista bar even when booting from the CD). I don't know what changed it to the vista boot, because it used to be the windows 7 version and I've never put vista on this computer. *Solved this. It was because of the pc being plugged into the tv. Boot resolution was below 1024x768.*
I'm at a bit of a loss here. Any help or info would be deeply appreciated. Please let me know if I need to give more details.
Last edited by Britt; 25 Jul 2011 at 19:19.