What could have make my comp self boot?

[Shades]

Well, this is rather strange. I had this thing happened a couple months ago.
The strang thing is my computer just rebooted by itself.

I was using my MS optical mouse, The mouse is on Serial port and I was just browsing sharky extreme and using the wheel.
I turned the wheel and all of a sudden my comp just restarted.

This does not happen very often is very rare, but I would like to ask you guys...

What could have caused my comp to reboot like that?

Some of you are really good computer gurus so I'm seeking your answer. Thanks in advance.

It's not heat because its freezing here, and I have 2 case fans and a double whammy HSF at 7k RPM.

AMD Athlon750 Slot-A
Abit KA7 bios TY
Via 4in1 4.25a
SB LIVE! X-Gamer
Radeon 32MBDDR 3063
MS Optical mouse
Quantum Fireball LM 15.5G
Windows 98SE
2months ago with ViperII 32MB same mouse
350 Watt PS with IBM surge protector.
all drivers up to date.

-S
Now, I'm paranoid that the comp will reboot for no reason.

[Down8]

That could happen for any number of reasons: bad RAM, bad mobo, bad CPU. I have my Win2K box setup to reboot if it encounters a problem. My friend was using the ASUS mobo monitoring software, and it would reboot spontaneously b/c it said his temps were jumping from 50C to 80C in less than a second, which is really impossible, so you may want to try turning off any software like that.

For clarification, I think the optical mouse only goes in the PS/2 and USB ports, not serial, that is waaay old.

-bZj

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[Shades]

Originally posted by Down8:
That could happen for any number of reasons: bad RAM, bad mobo, bad CPU. I have my Win2K box setup to reboot if it encounters a problem. My friend was using the ASUS mobo monitoring software, and it would reboot spontaneously b/c it said his temps were jumping from 50C to 80C in less than a second, which is really impossible, so you may want to try turning off any software like that.

For clarification, I think the optical mouse only goes in the PS/2 and USB ports, not serial, that is waaay old.

-bZj

Ok, I didn't have any monitoring software running at that moment.
But this problem happens during I'm browsing and using the wheel.
some wacky AMD windows problem?

And I just played about 8 hours of TFC , and there was no problem with the comp.
Yea, I'm a hardcore TFC player during friday night. http://members.tripod.com/~bluewavez/2fort0000.jpg it was all snipes baby.

Thanks for correcting me on the mouse, its indeed PS/2, I don't know why I put down serial.

-S
I'm still puzzled, But feels good after a night of cyber killing.

[This message has been edited by Shades (edited November 18, 2000).]