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Computer Shuts down unexpectedly
Name: Adam (by ak.mackenzie) Date: May 30, 2006 at 17:15:49 Pacific OS: XP Home Edition, SP2 CPU/Ram: Intel P4 2.8GHz, 512MB Ra Product: HP Pavilion a367c
Comment:
Over the past 6 months my computer has begun to suddenly shut down without warning. Upon restart there are no error messages that would indicate anything other than a normal shutdown. I've checked system logs looking for errors but have been unable to find anything. Has anyone experienced anything like this? My bet is on a hardware issue versus software, but I'm not exactly sure. Any help would be appreciated.
Name: Badboy Date: May 30, 2006 at 18:10:39 Pacific
Reply:
I had a UPS fail and I saw this behavior. I was about to replace the PSU but instead plugged the computer directly into a surge protector instead of the UPS and it hasn't happened since.
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Response Number 3
Name: Tony Seiler Date: May 30, 2006 at 20:00:48 Pacific
Reply:
I've seen this problem with a bad board, bad CPU, and bad memory and a bad PSU. Hopefully you have the necessary tools to troubleshoot. If not, it might be worth your while to bring it to a shop to test and pinpoint the problem.
Tony
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser4Real Date: May 30, 2006 at 20:30:52 Pacific
Reply:
set your PC by unchecking automatically restart so you can get an error message when your PC shuts down. My PC did the same and it turned out to be a USB_Bugcode_Driver error. I fixed it. Gateway said it was my power supply. See what your message comes up as and post it.
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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