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Uh oh!
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:16 pm
by Jennay
My husband isn't home right now to help me with this, so maybe one of you know..
Starting last night, my computer just randomly shuts off by itself. Last night I said fuck it and went to bed. I was able to turn it on this morning, but 3 times in a row it would load up, let me play WoW a little, or surf the intraweb~ And then just shut off.
What's up with that? My power source?
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:41 pm
by Tacks
Is it really hot there like it is here? I figure your new house has A/C so I dunno. If not, open the side of the case and point a fan at it.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:04 pm
by Martrae
What Taxx said.
Sounds like you're overheating.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:10 pm
by Tacks
Bob can also check your BIOS if it has an emergency shut off for the CPU temperature, usually it's set way low and he could bump it a up a bit and still be ok. Your motherboard has an internal sensor that says "omg the cpu is hot, shut off compootar".
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:39 pm
by Tikker
a flaky powersupply can cause issues like that as well
Mine was doing the exact same thing with WoW
every now and then, just dumped me to desktop, or reboot the machine
borrowed my brothers bigger PSU, and I was fine
so for now, I underclocked my CPU, and I"m stable again
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:05 pm
by kaharthemad
if the cooling problem or PS does not fix one thing you might try is this...
http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe
download this and post your log...Ill look at it. I know there is a virus that does this as well. I should be able to tell by your hijack log what is going on in your system.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:44 am
by Jennay
Thanks everyone
Yes it was overheating a little, as well as the power supply was about to take a big dump. So I went out and bought a new one ! Problem solved
ps. Taxx. I think the highs were about 90 here, I know for sure it's over 80 degrees right now. I finally bit my lip and shut all the windows, and turned the AC on. There goes my electric bill hehe.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:09 am
by The Kizzy
I want to turn my AC on, but the roommates don't like it. So I sit in sweat. It's gross really. Glad to hear you got your computer up and running again.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:11 am
by Jennay
Thanks
I totally understand the grossness of not having AC, trust me. It's bad when you have to take 3 cold showers a day to ensure you don't smell and to rinse the sweat off ><