TECHY Needed!

[Rednosty]

Ok Guys/gals Why does my computer suddenly decide to shut itself down (About twice a day lately) I dont have any Virus's or Spyware as far as I know!

[ginab]

maybe your fan is blocked, hoover out the back of the puter and clear from all dust :)

if not then its somethign more technical :D

[Rednosty]

maybe your fan is blocked, hoover out the back of the puter and clear from all dust :)

if not then its somethign more technical :D


NOpe no Skpe and YES I thought of that......(Whoops just cleaned a TON of dust from the outside (Dread to think whats inside).Thank you and I'm on XP (would'nt touch Vista)

[Rednosty]

Rednosty you may find this clean up tool useful :D

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

completely free

works wonders as well :)

LOL maybe I should rename this thread Vacuum Cleaner needed! :D

[ChameleonSystems]

"There are many many reasons and many many answers my son."

Could be overheating (fan on the blink, full of dust), power supply, mains problems... Unlikely to be software. If you clean it out, be careful. I recommend using an oil-less air compressor, do not be tempted to wipe brush or hoover - any static (electrical charge) source can be fatal.

[Rednosty]

"there are many many reasons and many many answers my son."

could be overheating (fan on the blink, full of dust), power supply, mains problems... Unlikely to be software. If you clean it out, be careful. I recommend using an oil-less air compressor, do not be tempted to wipe brush or hoover - any static (electrical charge) source can be fatal.

daddy? What the ???? Is a Oil less air compressor!

[ginab]

pmsl, just turn it upside down and shake hell out of it then lol:D

wez, i did that cleaner thing and it deleted a whole lot of files, is that normal? im bricking it cos i hope i havent lost anything important belonging to OH :o

[ginab]

oh good ,*am always in trouble for doing techy stuff* :(

[SalusLibrorum]

When mine did something like that, just rebooting for no reason, it turned out to be a dodgy graphics card. Have you tried taking out and re-seating the graphics card? (or any other cards).

The second time, it was the motherboard, and that had to be changed.

In other words, you'll have to do some investigating, it could be anything failing intermittently. I take it it boots normally? What beeps do the motherboard give out before it boots?

Just in case the HD is on its way out, make sure you've got everything important backed up (well it should be anyway, but still...).

[clockmad]

This should sort it out ...http://bestsmileys.com/computer1/24.gif





Graham

[Rednosty]

it will only delete Cr*p Gina

SO its saves on Toilet rolls then Hang on NOW look what you've done I've got a COmputer down my Toilet!! :eek: :D

[clockmad]

That'l be a com"poo"ter then.

[SalusLibrorum]

This should sort it out ...http://bestsmileys.com/computer1/24.gif





Graham

That's what I just did to mine :(

Ran out of patience when I put the new chip in, it fired up ok, ran for a day, then wouldn't boot again. So I destroyed it. Very therapeutic :D .

It's now downstairs in pieces, sans HD which is back in its enclosure so I can get at the files, and I'm back on this laptop and the Eee.

I've come to the conclusion that the desktop is unnecessary, the laptop and the Eee do everything I want. Actually the Eee does everything I want, clearly size isn't everything ;) .

[BackIssuesOnline]

Ok Guys/gals Why does my computer suddenly decide to shut itself down (About twice a day lately) I dont have any Virus's or Spyware as far as I know!

Hi Red

Does it do a reboot?

Can be caused by corrupt system software, especially if you get a 'blue screen'. Also caused by overclocking and getting the settings too high/fast for the hardware.

If it just dies, I would suspect the PSU detecting a current overload and shutting down. Could be just about anything, but most likely RAM, graphics card, CPU or the PSU itself.

Does it do it when it's warm? See PSU fault above. Even when cold and recently switched on? More likely a software problem.

My diagnostic solution would be to pull out your live system HD, bung in another equivalent if you have one handy, and create a new basic system. If it's the hardware, should still keep carpping out (unless the hard drive itself). Otherwise suspect Windows (I assume you are running this) is corrupt. In which case, pull your HD, put in another, create a new system....... etc etc :eek:

I find Windows needs reinstalling at least every six months to keep it in tip-top condition. That's why I have been experimenting with Linux and will probably move all the PCs over to it shortly.

[clockmad]

Hi Red

Does it do a reboot?

Can be caused by corrupt system software, especially if you get a 'blue screen'. Also caused by overclocking and getting the settings too high/fast for the hardware.

If it just dies, I would suspect the PSU detecting a current overload and shutting down. Could be just about anything, but most likely RAM, graphics card, CPU or the PSU itself.

Does it do it when it's warm? See PSU fault above. Even when cold and recently switched on? More likely a software problem.

My diagnostic solution would be to pull out your live system HD, bung in another equivalent if you have one handy, and create a new basic system. If it's the hardware, should still keep carpping out (unless the hard drive itself). Otherwise suspect Windows (I assume you are running this) is corrupt. In which case, pull your HD, put in another, create a new system....... etc etc :eek:

I find Windows needs reinstalling at least every six months to keep it in tip-top condition. That's why I have been experimenting with Linux and will probably move all the PCs over to it shortly.




:confused:.. That's exactly what I thought ...http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/confused/confused0024.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net)





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[Rednosty]

Hi Red

Does it do a reboot?

Can be caused by corrupt system software, especially if you get a 'blue screen'. Also caused by overclocking and getting the settings too high/fast for the hardware.

If it just dies, I would suspect the PSU detecting a current overload and shutting down. Could be just about anything, but most likely RAM, graphics card, CPU or the PSU itself.

Does it do it when it's warm? See PSU fault above. Even when cold and recently switched on? More likely a software problem.


My diagnostic solution would be to pull out your live system HD, bung in another equivalent if you have one handy, and create a new basic system. If it's the hardware, should still keep carpping out (unless the hard drive itself). Otherwise suspect Windows (I assume you are running this) is corrupt. In which case, pull your HD, put in another, create a new system....... etc etc :eek:

I find Windows needs reinstalling at least every six months to keep it in tip-top condition. That's why I have been experimenting with Linux and will probably move all the PCs over to it shortly.


Nope no Reboot just a shut down

[SalusLibrorum]

That's how I ended up on Ubuntu on the desktop. Windows corrupted and wouldn't let me in. So new hd and new operating system.

However, in that case it wouldn't reboot at all, would get past the post screen, and I'd then get an error message telling me that Windows couldn't load.

Is your computer booting ok after the shutdown?

[Rednosty]

Boots fine after shut down Sounds to me like Over Heating