Have a pretty new ASUS notebook and in the past few days it has started doing spontaneous reboots randomly without a BSOD.
I have 6 Gbytes of RAM and my first thought was that I must be running into some bad memory. Tried running the Win 7 memory diagnostics tool manually, but I can't even tell if it is running. The power light stays on and the screen goes blank. Attempts to hit F1 to bring testing options up does nothing. I left the computer in that state for about 15-16 hours from yesterday afternoon until this morning with no change - power light still on and screen blank. I can hit the power switch when it is in this state and it will shut off. Then it will reboot, sometimes normally or sometimes giving me the B&W screen asking if I want to boot normally or in safe mode, etc.
I'm lost. The computer is a refurb and the warranty only has about 2 weeks remaining.
Update: I got it to boot up and run Memtest86. I'm running that now and will let it cook all night running that.
I have 6 Gbytes of RAM and my first thought was that I must be running into some bad memory. Tried running the Win 7 memory diagnostics tool manually, but I can't even tell if it is running. The power light stays on and the screen goes blank. Attempts to hit F1 to bring testing options up does nothing. I left the computer in that state for about 15-16 hours from yesterday afternoon until this morning with no change - power light still on and screen blank. I can hit the power switch when it is in this state and it will shut off. Then it will reboot, sometimes normally or sometimes giving me the B&W screen asking if I want to boot normally or in safe mode, etc.
I'm lost. The computer is a refurb and the warranty only has about 2 weeks remaining.
Update: I got it to boot up and run Memtest86. I'm running that now and will let it cook all night running that.
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel Core i5 2450M @ 2.5GHz Core spd 798+ MH...DDR3 6144 MBytes Hyundai - Max bandwidth PC3-...Intel HD Graphics 3000 (GT2+)
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ASUS U56E-1BXX (Notebook)
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2450M @ 2.5GHz Core spd 798+ MHz, Bus 99.8MHz
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK U56E
- Memory
- DDR3 6144 MBytes Hyundai - Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 (GT2+)
- Mouse
- Logitech M310 cordless optical
- Internet Speed
- .7 MHz
- Other Info
- Bios: American Megatrends U56E.213
