Windows 10: BSD & random auto rebooting even on newly repaired clean install

My Lenovo Ideacentre 5 14ARE05 AMD 4600G tower has experienced random reboots even after getting sent off for repair where they replaced bad memory and reinstalled OS. PC came with Win 10 but reboot issues do not change whether it's Win 10 or 11. In fact, immediately after a clean Win 11 install, fully updated, I experienced a random reboot w/i a few hours before any software was installed, just using MS Edge and some Edge Extensions installed. I retested machine on my end and it passes all memory and intensive CPU tests. I have a copy of the first fresh minidump file here: https://drive.goo

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Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech

 

Random Reboots

I've had, as the title suggests, random reboots for the length of the time since I've built my computer (2 years roughly) and they're completely inexplicable.

It happens under no load, high load, watching movies, listening to music, playing games, browsing the web, sitting by itself in the room when the my sleeping monitor is even saying WTF?!

There aren't any Events to view other than the usual 0xC*D event when the service just shrugs at me.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Maybe someone has had the same problem before and it was just a loose molex connection? I'm baffled.

 

Windows random reboot

Hi jayewaah,

There are several reasons that computers do a random reboot such as overheating, third-party programs running on the background that is causing conflicts on the system or corrupted system files.

I'd like to know the following details so I can provide the appropriate troubleshooting steps to help resolve this concern:

• What is the make and model of your device?
• Were there any changes made prior to the issue?
• What antivirus program are you using?
• Was your device overheating the moment you play games?
• In which instance does the reboot occurs besides when playing games?
• Do you have a third-party antivirus program installed on your device?
• Do you have any third-party programs installed recently?

For initial troubleshooting, kindly follow these steps:

• Check if there are available updates for your device by clicking on the
  Start button, then select Settings >
  Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates.
• Verify if there are drivers that are missing or needs update. follow the steps on
  Update drivers in Windows 10 article.
• Check if there are blockages inside your device's components that may lead to overheating. (cooling fan)
• Perform a clean boot on your device to isolate the issue. This will determine if there are third-party
  applications that is causing conflict on your system. This will also help you check if the performance will improve and if the reboot instances will stop.

Update us with the results.