PC Sudden Shutdown
By sweetmafia
@sweetmafia (249)
Philippines
December 12, 2008 12:47pm CST
I need help. My CPU at home suddenly shuts down for no apparent reason. To isolate the issue, it's not a Sasser or Blasterworm virus. It just shuts down in the middle of something like for example, if I turn it on and wait for about 5 to 10 minutes, it shuts down without warning. Then, I restart it, went to Bios configuration to see if it has something to do with the temperature. I adjusted the settings, but doesn't seem to work. Do you think it's a power supply problem or any other cause? Let me know if anyone experiences this.
My PC is running on a Windows XP operating system, 1GB SD Ram, 2 hard disks (120GB and 80GB), a DVD Writer and a separate CD player.
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7 responses
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 08
If it's not heat related then it sounds like your power supply unit is being overloaded! It sounds like you have quite a few drives so your power supply may not be powerful enough, you may need to upgrade to a higher or more powerful powersupply. This is not certain though. I would say it's one of those two areas, heat related or insufficient power. Try removing one of your drives, say the cd drive, do this as a test and see if this makes any difference. If the problem is rectified then it is likely that you have too many peripherals connected. Good luck. Andrew
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@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
well mine too. that was my proble before. my power just can't any more do the work. and so i don't know how to repari. since actually it was a very old pc and very low specs on it which runs in pentinum 3. then i just replaced so that i wll not have any more problem with old pc. i jsut use the computer for chatting and other things online like social networking sites. that is why i don't really need a very high specs computer.
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@thecrazyjogger (3178)
• India
12 Dec 08
run it in the safe mode n then run a scan
but first try to update the virus deinnatoins
if that doesnt help
add me n then u can private msg me
happy lotting and have a nice day! :D
@sweetmafia (249)
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
Thanks, I will add you. I might do the steps tomorrow. It's already midnight and I have to catch some sleep.
@chenaiyh (228)
• China
13 Dec 08
I think there may have sth wrong with you CPU fan.if it dosen't work the temperature of CPU will too high to run.You said you had check the temperature setting,I wanner,when you check it,if it so high or rise so fast?
if temperature is not the reason,you can check you memory,sometime it may be reason,but temperature is familiar reason.
@kumarvin11 (26)
• India
13 Dec 08
Sudden restart may be ecause of RAM heating or CPU heating
Before checking for RAM please try to check that while restart the PC is there any updation or dll file may currupt so pls reinstall OS ......... if continue with this issue while installation change SMPS ......... then also have same error because of temprature pls change CPU fan...... then go for RAM
@juaneliz (1)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I am working on a friend's computer and have the shutdown problem. I checked the temperture and its within range, I changed the power supply and problem remained. What I did notice is that when I stopped the boot up in BIOS the computer stays on for hours and as soon as Vista starts the computer may shutdown after 5 minutes or 45 minutes just completely random. I checked the event log and nothing is listed by windows as a possible problem. The computer has Norton on it and it scans clean. I have removed and re-installed all the components and still have the same problem.
@sand_card_4 (131)
• Mexico
13 Dec 08
I think the most probable thing is a virus I recommend you to scan your computer whith an antivirus online, or another posibility is if it started when you recently installed a software or hardware it could be a problem, well in the last case if it is software you may try to unintall it and if its a hardware you have to check on another PC the driver that fits in the requeriments of the software
@Moneybear (4)
•
12 Dec 08
If it is just going straight off without any warning then it could be a temperature issue, but more likely a power supply/motherboard/memory issue, these type of fault can be quite difficult to track down and is often a process of elimination of replacing components until the problem is solved. Does your BIOS show the system temperatures?
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@sweetmafia (249)
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
Thank you for the responses. I just got home from school. In my BIOS, it shows the temperature and I just disabled the 'auto' shut down of PC when it reached a certain temperature. However, it does not work. It still shuts down. I might have to bring it to the PC shop and see if it's a power supply problem or motherboard problem.
@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
Try to check also the power options properties. Under the power schemes tab you can see your computers power setting. There is an option there that can set your hard disk to automatically shutdown after several minutes, make sure that it is set to never. Set also the system standby under the same tab to never.
