Computer reboot by itself after crash

[King Poulet 1]

It occuring more often. I think it never happened before.  Once, it crashed back to Windows XP. Now it not only do that but the computer just reboot itself!!  Cant point out the problem.  Anyone know what it is?  

I read a little and it a bit related to VIA chipset on AMD.  But since it started to reboot i'm a bit worried.

my eq:

Radeo8500 retail

Epox 8kha+

Athlon 1800+

256 Meg ram

Audigy Xgamer

[geonat 0]

did you download the VIA drivers for XP?

[King Poulet 1]

Yes, but I uninstall it because it wasn't solving the problems, and XP have integrated drivers for VIA chipset anyway.

[suchey 0]

maybe its heat...monotor your temp for a while while playing (if your mobo supports it)

[ALDEGA 0]

Before winxp reboots, does it show an error message (blue screen)?

[King Poulet 1]

nope, hmm I think I'm $**ked

[geonat 0]

I installed those VIA drivers and everything was ok

www.via.com.tw

[Placebo 29]

Not sure but it could be this.........

Go to control panel/system/ click the "advanced" tab, then under "Startup and Recovery" click "settings" and uncheck the box "automatically restart".

[King Poulet 1]

good post placebo!

it was all checked (restart included)

is it better to set all setting like this printscreen? hope it fix the problem.