restarting my computer

i have xp sp2 its restarting only after I connect to internet i left it turn on whole the day nothing happened only when i connect to internet what should i do

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Daniel333

The English is a little rough there and some details are missing.

First off, how are you connecting to the the Internet?

mcse_696

dail-up modem

kriscamaro68

Sounds like a possible hardware issue or a possible virus. If you can take it to a friends house that has high speed internet and connect there and see if it restarts. If it does then most likely a virus if not then its probably the modem.

ironlung

Sounds like a trojan.

HeroPsycho

Sometimes this is caused by an IRQ like conflict or a bad device driver. Try updating the modem drivers, or move the modem to a different slot.

Also, it could be a tumor...

aordal

HeroPsycho wrote:

Sometimes this is caused by an IRQ like conflict or a bad device driver. Try updating the modem drivers, or move the modem to a different slot.

Also, it could be a tumor...

Dollars to donuts its an IRQ conflict. If it's a plug and play modem uninstall it and reboot it should auto reinstall and select a new IRQ.

shednik

aordal wrote:

HeroPsycho wrote:

Sometimes this is caused by an IRQ like conflict or a bad device driver. Try updating the modem drivers, or move the modem to a different slot.

Also, it could be a tumor...

Dollars to donuts its an IRQ conflict. If it's a plug and play modem uninstall it and reboot it should auto reinstall and select a new IRQ.

Yea it definitely sounds like an IRQ issue to me, try re-installing the device with the latest driver.

skrpune

shednik wrote:

aordal wrote:

HeroPsycho wrote:

Sometimes this is caused by an IRQ like conflict or a bad device driver. Try updating the modem drivers, or move the modem to a different slot.

Also, it could be a tumor...

Dollars to donuts its an IRQ conflict. If it's a plug and play modem uninstall it and reboot it should auto reinstall and select a new IRQ.

Yea it definitely sounds like an IRQ issue to me, try re-installing the device with the latest driver.

I have to agree. Not about the tumor, about the IRQ conflict. Folks who are newer to computers sometimes forget that IRQ issues even exist (ahhhh, plug & play, how thee hath spoiled us).

HeroPsycho

I thought someone would surely respond, "It's nawt a too-moh!"

royal

"It's nawt a too-moh!"

HeroPsycho

Love the pic. Nicely done!

Wonder if he had the same look when he saw the California budgetary crisis...