Annoying Restarts, Happened Three Times Yesterday

projektidiot

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Hi everyone,

Back when I had 7 I had random BSOD/crashes but it was not very frequent. I researched it and couldn't find the issue. I did a clean install and it went away. But since I've upgraded to 8 I've been having a lot of crashes, and then I had three in a day yesterday, so I'm a little worried now. I also went into Speccy and saw my CPU was running at 60 degrees Celsius, so I'm thinking that's probably it, which I don't like, but I don't know how to read dump files and I figured they should be looked at in case it's something else. Do you think you could give me a hand? I appreciate it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway FX6840
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 870 @2.93GHz
    Motherboard
    Gateway FX6840
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5700
Check the cooling solution for your CPU first. You've gotta fix the hardware before we can fix the software.

Do you still need help with this? If so, please post back and I'll see what assistance I can provide.

Please also do this:
- open Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)
- expand the Custom Views category (left click on the > next to the words "Custom Views")
- right click on Administrative Events
- select "Save all Events in Custom View as..."
- save the file as Admin.evtx
- zip up the file (right click on it, select "Send to", select "Compressed (zipped) folder")
- upload it with your next post (if it's too big, then upload it to a free file-hosting service and post a link here).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
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