Unidentified virus? (PC)

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From: Padgett Peterson
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:37

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>From:    ACDL004@SAUPM00.BITNET

>This rebooting continued even when I was in Norton commander..

>I turned the system off and on again.. There were No problem at the
>beginning.. But after 30 minutes( or so) It started rebooting as if
>the reset button is pressed..

Sounds to me more like a marginal power supply. Try opening the case
and running for a while and see if it changes (afer a thorough virus scan
of course). 30 minutes seems to be a critical "warm-up" time when a power
supply starts getting tired.

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Subject: Unidentified virus? (PC)
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