Try flashing the BIOS on your mobo, CD writer etc.

I had a similar problem with a Lite-On CD writer - random reboots, BSODs etc. - which 
was solved when I flashed the bios to the latest version.






On Saturday, August 24, 2002 at 2:16 am, Shehan wrote:
>I have a question about Top 
>reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000:

>
>
>Hi. My new P4 2.2GHZ (512RAM, 64MB GeForce 4 Graphics Card, 80GB 7200RPM HD, with 
>a 300Watt Power Supply and running WinXP Pro) randomly restarts when doing usual 
>tasks such as playing games or installing software. Sometimes, on one specific game, 
>the Blue Screen of Death appears and says something about a memory dump and it tells 
>me to restart the computer. I can't get it to respond at all, so I have to restart 
>the computer using the reset button. After I restart the computer, Windows tells 
>me that it has recovered from a serious problem and asks if i want to send Microsoft 
>an error report. This happens often, with or without the restarting problem.  
>
>How can I fix this? Should I uninstall Windows XP which the computer came loaded 
>with, or is it a hardware problem? My computer is only one day old, and it has these 
>problems!!! 

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