Random crashing

[Mark1978]

I would try looking at event viewer to see what it says.

It has 314 events in total. 7 of them were critical all of which say Event ID: 41, Source: Kernel-Power

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

[Ya Mother]

It has 314 events in total. 7 of them were critical all of which say Event ID: 41, Source: Kernel-Power

I had loads of bsods a while back and i'm sure it was the same error....it was my soundcard drivers, i updated and been ok since.

I know your probs gonna say i havent got a sound card but other peeps without soundcards were getting it and it was to do with the sound.

If you google that error you will get loads of pages about it....some say it was different things but the majority saying it was to do with the sound.

p.s i remember manually updating the sound rivers and it didnt fix the problem until i deleted the driver and let windows do it and that worked for me.

pps.....sometimes you have to look at the error prior to it shutting down for the cause as it will be what caused the shutdown in the first place.....does that even make sense lol.

[Mark1978]

I had loads of bsods a while back and i'm sure it was the same error....it was my soundcard drivers, i updated and been ok since.

I know your probs gonna say i havent got a sound card but other peeps without soundcards were getting it and it was to do with the sound.

If you google that error you will get loads of pages about it....some say it was different things but the majority saying it was to do with the sound.

p.s i remember manually updating the sound rivers and it didnt fix the problem until i deleted the driver and let windows do it and that worked for me.

pps.....sometimes you have to look at the error prior to it shutting down for the cause as it will be what caused the shutdown in the first place.....does that even make sense lol.

Lol makes perfect sense mate. I do have a sound card and have updated the driver to the newest one. Ill see how it goes.

On the errors I don't get BSOD it just completely switches off. Literally as if some one has turned the switch off at the socket.