playing mpeg1 file causes reboot

[ftc]

yo pplz...

i've got this weird problem on my box...

randomly, when i double click a mpeg1 file
to play it in windows media player 6.4
my box will instantly reboot...it doesn't
even get to start playing, i don't even see
media player come up...it reboots as soon
as i double click

it doesn't do it all of the time, only about 1/30

and it isn't a specific file that does it, just any
mpeg1 file

i'm running w2k, i dont recall this ever
happening in win98, but its weird because
the box doesn't just freeze.. it reboots just as
if i hit the reset button

any ideas what could cause this?

thanks,
ftc.

[jeex]

i see this as being 1 of 3 scenario's..

either when you click the mpeg file the power requested from the harddrive or cpu (or both) is too much for your power source to handle so it kicks it in to a reboot.

your harddrive is going bunk, but i dunno.. that usually just freezes the comp..

and then again, you may have a virus..

[ftc]

dont really think its any of those things...out of them it would most likely be an anti-mpeg1 virus =]

only mpeg1 files cause the problem, i can do plenty of other stuff fine...dv editing, mpeg2 playing, blah de blah

its just mpeg1

[jeex]

try playing the mpeg1 file through a different program such as powerdvd, windvd, maybe even upgrade your version of wmp

[Nelson37]

Is the error repeatable? By that I mean, if MPG file X causes a reboot, does the SAME FILE cause a reboot every time you try it? Or is a particular file more likely to reboot than some other file - if so, I would guess a corrupted file or failing hard drive. Power Supply is also a possibility.

If the error is indeed random with respect to the MPG file in question, then try a different player as suggested previously. If the error is related to WMP and not the other player, then re-install WMP.

With the low frequency of occurrence, you will have to make MANY attempts to develop a pattern or linkage of occurrence, or to determine if a fix has been achieved. For example, if failure rate is approx. 1 in 30, then you would have to get 50 to 100 successful plays in order to be reasonably certain that you have corrected the problem.