Reseting?

I have a computer in my room an Intel celron with xp installed and sometimes when i am on it i will just restart itself with no notice. how can i stop this? and all so when i start it up it sometimes freeze just b4 it checks for the primary and secondary. Thanks

and freezes on building dmi pool....... sometimes

First off change this setting in order to get error messages:
rt. click My Computer then click Properties then Advanced then Startup and Recovery Settings then unclick Automatically restart

Post future errors as completely as possible.

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with a crash.

When you say freezing during primary & secondary checks & pool data you are refering to BIOS level freezes:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm

What is the exact make & model of the computer?

Also run this scan:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

What is listed under Main Cicuit Board?

it says: error apci Event Type: Error
Event Source: ACPI
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5
Date: 7/20/2005
Time: 5:45:27 AM
User: N/A
Computer: FLAME
Description:
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to write to an illegal IO port address (0xcf8), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 52 00 ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 05 00 05 c0 .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Activation Status Activation Pending (29 days remaining)
System Name FLAME
System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model VT82C694X
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~701 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 4/23/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name FLAME\Owner
Time Zone Tasmania Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 132.09 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 426.80 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Is that data from Belarc?

It lists your chipset but not the board itself.

Is there anything else under Main Circuit Board? or System Model?

That error is indicatiing a BIOS problem. In order to upgrade your BIOS we need to know the exact computer model & or motherboard.

Also are you familiar with your BIOS setup? It might seem minor but sometimes the time & date setting is important & yours' is off.

Board: 694X-686A
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 04/23/01

no that info was form system infomation i just did that other 1 Board: 694X-686A
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 04/23/01

I have the bios date set to the right date i just checked it then. but di u have 2 to turn it on? Thanks

Here is a BIOS upgrade based on that chipset:

http://www.bios-drivers.com/drivers/81/81711.htm

I would still like to verify that with the manufacturer of the computer.

Do you know the make & model? Is it home built? ???

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Time?

I would guess that you need to turn it on:

From your error log:

Date: 7/20/2005

Locale United States

Time Zone Tasmania Standard Time