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pc shutting down all on its own
Name: bod Date: March 10, 2004 at 14:35:27 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: athalon xp2800/512ddr
Comment:
hi can anyone help me my pc is turning itself off after being left alone for a short time.its set to be always on under power management in the control panel also shuts down when running certain programs ie ad-ware 6 crashes it every time
hi can anyone help me my pc is turning itself off after being left alone for a short time.its set to be always on under power management in the control panel also shuts down when running certain progr
Name: Scouseknight Date: March 10, 2004 at 14:49:57 Pacific
Reply:
Bad memory or overheating are the only two things that spring to mind immediately.
Has this just started to happening (as in it has worked perfectly for weeks/months/years and has only very recently started doing this)?
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Response Number 2
Name: bod Date: March 10, 2004 at 15:45:35 Pacific
Reply:
hi thanks for the quick reply. its only just started in the last few weeks since ive added another hard drive which is only used for storage
hi can anyone help me my pc is turning itself off after being left alone for a short time.its set to be always on under power management in the control panel also shuts down when running certain progr
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Response Number 3
Name: Scouseknight Date: March 10, 2004 at 16:12:59 Pacific
Reply:
A second hard drive is leaning me towards overheating to be honest.
Try it with the side of the case off to see if it still crashes - you can get hard drive cooling systems but before shelling out on one of those this will at least point the finger more firmly.
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Response Number 4
Name: dwardy Date: March 10, 2004 at 17:24:38 Pacific
Reply:
Perhaps your power supply is being taxed to the point that the power drops out. Depending on the hardware you have installed, you may need to think about upgrading your power supply to something a bit heavier.
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