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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 19:37 Post subject: pc shutting down all of a sudden |
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hi, dunno if it is in the right forum, but whatever...
My pc with Win XP SP2 has some strange behaviour. It shuts down all of a sudden... I checked the win XP settings and it "shut down on error" is not checked. So it is not a system error that is causing it...
Also when i reboot my pc i have to try 2-3-4 times. It shuts down after 1-2 secs before anything appears on the screen...
I opened my case and verified the power supply, all the cables etc. And they all seem fine.
What is causing this, because this really sux...
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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 19:42 Post subject: |
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do you see windows doing the shut down procedure ? or does it instantly turn itself off like pressing the power on button ?
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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 19:49 Post subject: |
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when i boot, my screen stays black
after 2-3 attempts i get to the windows login screen and i can use it for 30 min or so and then it shuts down like a power shortage happens.
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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 19:53 Post subject: |
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sounds like the powersupply to me.
double check and make sure your graphics card etc is seated properly, you might want to make sure its not a overheating problem aswell though. in most countries the weather should be a fair bit warmer now?
check to see if theres much dust around the grills for the power supplys fans while your at it.
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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 19:59 Post subject: |
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Had the same problem with my old PC. It was because the capacitors on the mobo were swollen for some reason and I had to have em changed. So, yeah...you might wanna check the capacitors.
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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 20:10 Post subject: |
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i thought about the weather as well... So i opened the case and undusted all my fans.
I will check the capacitators and the video card etc and tell you if the prob is solved.
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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 22:16 Post subject: |
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If it's not the heat it might be SP3, a lot of AMD-users have reported that Service Pack 3 has given them issues.
I also think fisk should be unbanned.

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Posted: Mon, 12th May 2008 22:42 Post subject: |
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dominae wrote: | If it's not the heat it might be SP3, a lot of AMD-users have reported that Service Pack 3 has given them issues. | Only HP customers. HP images PCs with intel processor driver, even for AMD processors. SP3 doesn't like this at all.
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Posted: Tue, 13th May 2008 01:05 Post subject: |
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check your event viewer to see if it restarts cause of a bug check
Sig too big.
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Posted: Wed, 14th May 2008 15:48 Post subject: |
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Had a PC way back that exhibited same problem, was the PSU @ fault.
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Posted: Sat, 24th May 2008 23:56 Post subject: |
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Power supply....its going dead. Get a new PS and you will be fine.
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Posted: Sun, 25th May 2008 01:35 Post subject: |
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since it is cooler, i have had no problem anymore...
must have been the heat in some way...
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