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computer keeps on turning off
Name: the_king Date: April 26, 2006 at 15:15:59 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: 256 Product: samtorn
Comment:
OK I need help this is the second computer that i screwed up not for the same reason.
my comp keeps turning off when i am about to do something when it has been started. so my computer start corractly and than just when my dextop is shown in 2-3 min its automaticly turnd off and it tries to start again which it does and than the same thing occurs. I changed the ram 3 times and still the samething happened. i tried my hard drive on my other comp and its all ok but when i bring it beck to the screweed comp its not working and the same problem heppens. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO HELP!!!! PlZ
btw my broken computer has 256 ram, pentium 3, and 500 mhz. i know its old but it was working fine all the otehr time
i know that i can reformat my hard drve but there is some inportant data on this computers hard drive plz help me ill greatfully apperacite it
Name: jam Date: April 26, 2006 at 16:20:08 Pacific
Reply:
You're not giving nearly enough info...
It could be that your power supply is too weak, or it could be a software problem. You need to change the setting so that it doesn't automatically restart when there's a problem:
1. right click on My Computer 2. select Properties 3. click the Advanced tab 4. under Startup & Recovery, click Settings 5. under System Failure, uncheck the box next to Automatically Restart
If it is a software issue, next time there's a problem, you'll get an error message rather than a reboot.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: April 26, 2006 at 18:18:30 Pacific
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Check your temperatures.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!!! Sorry, I do not check for private messages
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: April 26, 2006 at 19:07:37 Pacific
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LOL...yea, that too!
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Response Number 4
Name: the_king Date: April 27, 2006 at 14:12:44 Pacific
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ya ok it cant be power problm cause my mouse and my printer always stays on
and i cant go to the properties menu like u said cause i only have about 1 min before the computer automaticly turns off but my otehr ezuipment stays on like the mouse charger and internet modam.
its just that the cpu turns off and comp reboots it self and same process continius
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Name: the_king Date: April 27, 2006 at 15:43:11 Pacific
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