Guest rAgAv Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Hi, My pc keeps shutting down without any warning or anything and when I try to switch on the cpu again, it doesn't even get through the booting process. After sometime, when I try it, it works for about 15 mins and then shuts down again. The temps have been normal cpu - 41 Ambient - 43 remote - 66 HDD - 43 temp1 - 41 Previously it used to restart/show the bluescreen. But, after some days without any problems, now it just shuts down. It can happen any moment now. How can this problem suddenly occur? What do you think I should do? Is it hardware or software related? Do you think reinstalling xp should work? How will I reinstall if it keeps shutting down every 15 mins???!!! Please help!!! Regards. -- rAgAv. PS - my computer keeps shooting wierd problems every moment.
Guest rAgAv Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! I usually use my pc for a long time (12 hrs). Can this be a side effect of that? Would it be related to the power circuits in the cpu? May be it shuts down due to overheating at a certain point. Please tell me something that makes sense. I'm terribly confused!!
Guest Jack G. Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! I hope someone answers you. I have been ansking this same question and my CPU and computer is not overheating. I has been running for 4 years just fine and about 3 weeks ago it started just shutting down randomly. Also I have a 'click' that clicks every 3 minutes that is driving me crazy that started 3 days ago. I have had no sane answers to these questions and the just suddenly started. I just turned off auto update so I know when I load things onto my PC and then when things break I know the relationship. Hope you get an aswner. Meke sure the inside if our computer is clean and all the fans are working so it is not a heating issue. Jack G. -- Jack G. "rAgAv" wrote: > I usually use my pc for a long time (12 hrs). Can this be a side > effect of that? Would it be related to the power circuits in the cpu? > May be it shuts down due to overheating at a certain point. Please > tell me something that makes sense. I'm terribly confused!! > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! Overheating isn't the only thing that causes spontaneous restarts. (I've frankly never heard of a spontaneous shutdown. Usually reboots.) Failing hardware can be at fault and act similarly. Anyway, just because the temps are OK doesn't mean heating isn't an issue. Electronic components that are near to failure may overheat in ways that aren't measured, maybe causing a short, and most such failures will result in a reboot. Your issue with restarts and now the sounds, suggests to me that you have such a failure going on. Diagnostics start with paring the hardware to a minimum. Pull all the cards, disconnect all drives except the one Windows is on, then set up some test usages (whatever apps you think might be involved, for instance), and see if the behavior continues. Oh, and use MSCONFIG to stop all non-MS applications and services from loading at startup. Personally, I'd also make room for another OS partition, clean install Windows to that and see if the problem is "fixed". If not, it's hardware for sure. The other thing to consider, speaking to the OP especially, is that malware might be involved. See http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Jack G." <jack.griffin@sbcglobal.net.(donotspam)> wrote in message news:D733F4DE-AEE0-4ED5-9BB2-913DF0AD65ED@microsoft.com... >I hope someone answers you. I have been ansking this same question and my > CPU and computer is not overheating. I has been running for 4 years just > fine and about 3 weeks ago it started just shutting down randomly. Also I > have a 'click' that clicks every 3 minutes that is driving me crazy that > started 3 days ago. I have had no sane answers to these questions and the > just suddenly started. I just turned off auto update so I know when I > load > things onto my PC and then when things break I know the relationship. > > Hope you get an aswner. Meke sure the inside if our computer is clean and > all the fans are working so it is not a heating issue. > > Jack G. > -- > Jack G. > > > "rAgAv" wrote: > >> I usually use my pc for a long time (12 hrs). Can this be a side >> effect of that? Would it be related to the power circuits in the cpu? >> May be it shuts down due to overheating at a certain point. Please >> tell me something that makes sense. I'm terribly confused!! >> >>
Guest rAgAv Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! Thanks Jack, for giving me company in the sea of wierd problems. Guess what? These wierd problems have wierd solutions and I think I've figured it out. I think!! I started my PC last time and just uninstalled Regcure before it blew up! Now, Its been 4.5 Hrs and no sign of another shut down. May be its just another practical joke that my PC is pulling off at me. I don't know. Guess how I knew to uninstall the program and solve the problem? Past experience. Last time I was having trouble with spontaneous restarts and then one day I just uninstalled gmail notifier and It stopped......only to give rise to spontaneous shutdowns. I'm secretly hoping that this is the end of the tunnel of wierd problems. goodluck with your tweaking.
Guest Jack G. Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! Congratulations. I hope it has. Mine suddenly has not done it resently. I went in and uplugged everything inside the comeputer. Then repluged everything back in and mine stopped...so far. So, if you starts, before removing anymore programs, reset all the wire and card withing the computer to make sure everything is making good contact, especially if you PC is more than a year old and you live in a humid climiate...I am in Houston. I did not think about this the other night, but did mine the next morning and so far, so good. Best Ever, -- Jack G. "rAgAv" wrote: > Thanks Jack, for giving me company in the sea of wierd problems. > > Guess what? These wierd problems have wierd solutions and I think I've > figured it out. I think!! > > I started my PC last time and just uninstalled Regcure before it blew > up! Now, Its been 4.5 Hrs and no sign of another shut down. May be its > just another practical joke that my PC is pulling off at me. I don't > know. > > Guess how I knew to uninstall the program and solve the problem? Past > experience. Last time I was having trouble with spontaneous restarts > and then one day I just uninstalled gmail notifier and It > stopped......only to give rise to spontaneous shutdowns. I'm secretly > hoping that this is the end of the tunnel of wierd problems. > > goodluck with your tweaking. > >
Guest dobey Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! It's not uncommon for a PCI card to "come loose" for want of a better term, after moving a computer. It doesn't flap in the breeze, but shifts just enough for it to not detected by the motherboard. Re-seating the card fixes this. I have also had the weird experience of an IDE cable pushing itself off the pins after 8 months of use. There had been no HDD swapping or even the sides off the case in that time. I did note it took more effort that you average IDE cable to connect, (yes it was on correctly), but it just made me think, "Great! better contact." ;-) "Jack G." <jack.griffin@sbcglobal.net.(donotspam)> wrote in message news:C2E75662-C0B0-4172-B5B4-4F22EFAF5C3D@microsoft.com... > Congratulations. I hope it has. Mine suddenly has not done it resently. > I > went in and uplugged everything inside the comeputer. Then repluged > everything back in and mine stopped...so far. So, if you starts, before > removing anymore programs, reset all the wire and card withing the > computer > to make sure everything is making good contact, especially if you PC is > more > than a year old and you live in a humid climiate...I am in Houston. I did > not think about this the other night, but did mine the next morning and so > far, so good. > > Best Ever, > -- > Jack G. > > > "rAgAv" wrote: > >> Thanks Jack, for giving me company in the sea of wierd problems. >> >> Guess what? These wierd problems have wierd solutions and I think I've >> figured it out. I think!! >> >> I started my PC last time and just uninstalled Regcure before it blew >> up! Now, Its been 4.5 Hrs and no sign of another shut down. May be its >> just another practical joke that my PC is pulling off at me. I don't >> know. >> >> Guess how I knew to uninstall the program and solve the problem? Past >> experience. Last time I was having trouble with spontaneous restarts >> and then one day I just uninstalled gmail notifier and It >> stopped......only to give rise to spontaneous shutdowns. I'm secretly >> hoping that this is the end of the tunnel of wierd problems. >> >> goodluck with your tweaking. >> >>
Guest Plato Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! dobey wrote: > > It's not uncommon for a PCI card to "come loose" for want of a better term, > after moving a computer. It doesn't flap in the breeze, but shifts just > enough for it to not detected by the motherboard. Re-seating the card fixes > this. Or sometimes just reseating the pci card in a different slot on the motherboard. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest rAgAv Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: keeps shuttig down....PLEASE HELP!!!! OK, I was wrong. It seems like I have a hardware problem. I've gotta reset the wiring and cards. Hopefully it must work. Actually my system is acting like it suddenly lacks power supply and when it suddenly works, it tells me that windows power supply was not proper or something and then asks me if I want to start in normal mode or not. May be the problem is in loose cards or wires. I've gotta try putting everything in tighter.
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