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T-850 initiating reboot (Terminator 3)
Cameron reboots ("Samson & Delilah")

Terminators can sometimes reboot or restart themselves. This happens automatically after a chip is reinserted, a terminator leaves standby mode, or a terminator suffers damage which temporarily disables them.

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the T-800 reboots after having his chip re-inserted (in a director's cut restored scene).

The T-800 also reboots later on alternate power after being left for "dead" by the T-1000.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the T-850 got corrupted by the T-X and had to reboot.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Several terminators have been temporarily disabled by damage, and subsequently rebooted 120 seconds later:

  • Cromartie got knocked out after the truck hit him (DVD deleted scene gives his POV). ("Pilot")
  • Cromartie got knocked out with electricity. ("Pilot")
  • Cameron got knocked offline by the electrical trap on the Resistance safe. ("Gnothi Seauton")
  • Cameron rebooted after Sarkissian's bomb. ("Samson & Delilah")
  • Cameron got knocked out with a clock radio (in water). John and Sarah were unable to remove her chip in time. ("Samson & Delilah")
  • Cameron got knocked out by the Fields Terminator ("Alpine Fields")
  • Cameron got knocked out by electricity and water in an attack by humans sent by John Henry's "brother". The attackers failed to remove her chip within 120 seconds, and she was able to successfully reboot. ("To the Lighthouse")
  • Cameron got knocked out when thrown against the wall by Water Delivery Guy. ("Adam Raised a Cain")

A few terminators have rebooted within 15 seconds after leaving standby mode.

  • Vick Chamberlain may have been waiting for Derek Reese in the Resistance safe house while in standby mode; he did not attack Cameron until his arm was moved and revealed no barcode. ("Gnothi Seauton")
  • Carter rebooted from standby when the mercenary shoved him over. Interestingly, Carter displayed the autonomic response to catch himself on his fists before the eyes indicated a return to full function. ("Heavy Metal")
  • Carter rebooted from standby again when Cameron attacked him. ("Heavy Metal")
  • Myron Stark rebooted after being on standby for approximately 80 years in "Self Made Man"

A few terminators have had their chips removed and re-inserted:

  • Vick activated a reboot function when John applied too much power to his chip, and was in the process of seizing control of the PC and its communication peripherals before being disconnected again. ("Vick's Chip")
  • Cameron rebooted after John took her chip out, and then re-inserted it. ("Vick's Chip")
  • Cameron also rebooted after John put her chip back in, after he had taken it out because she had gone rogue due to damage from Sarkissian's bomb. ("Samson & Delilah")

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Notes

  • There appear to be two types of reboots:
    • A full reboot: This reboot takes two minutes.
    • A standby reactivation: This is a 15 second reboot from standby. It lasts until the terminator is moved or triggered to be awake. [1]
  • A reboot appears to help clear corruption or damage to a terminator's chip:
    • The T-850 in Terminator 3 rebooted himself after the T-X infected him with nanobots, and was able to restore his mission to protect John Connor. Interestingly, the reboot did not restore his original Skynet settings, but allowed him to access the mission that had been re-programmed into him by the Resistance.
    • Cameron rebooted after John Connor restored her chip in "Samson & Delilah", and was also able to restore her mission of protecting John Connor. Previously, a bomb had damaged her chip and restored her original settings, which included an imperative to terminate John Connor.
  • A reboot also allows some terminator series to access alternate power supplies (e.g. the Series 800 terminator in Terminator 2).

Quotes

Sarah: (referring to Cromartie) Did you stop him?
Cameron: 120 seconds and the system reboots.
Season One, "Pilot"
(A corrupted Cameron investigates the holy water font for clues)
Sarah: Now. (activating the electrical trap) Two minutes.
John: I know.
Priest: What are you doing?
Sarah: Stay away. Please. I told you to go away. You have to stay away. Go! 70 seconds.
John: The knife isn't sharp enough.
Sarah: Well, push harder.
John: How much time?
Sarah: [sighs] 55.
John: Oh, wait, I see it. I see it, I see it. Screwdriver, screwdriver.
Sarah: 35.
John: Oh, it's not the right size.
Sarah: 20 seconds.
John: Okay, okay. The knife, the knife. Damn it! We can't do this.
Sarah: Come on, John.
John: She's waking up. She's waking up!
(John and Sarah flee the church as Cameron comes back online)
Season Two, "Samson & Delilah"

References

  1. ↑ In "Heavy Metal", Carter is mentioned as being "powered down to standby mode until he's moved or triggered awake."
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