my computer turns off by itself. i could be on the internet or in the middle of some other program and it shuts down by itself. can anybody help?
2006-08-15 16:50:13 · 18 answers · asked by Henry K 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Is it a "restart" or a total power off? What operating system are you using?
if you are using windows XP SP2 on a pc, have you set it on automatic updates? A lot of times, these automatic updates require a reboot or "restart". If you have multiple windows open, you may not notice the new small window announcing that windows will reboot your pc so the update will complete. You will be offered so many seconds to say "no, don't reboot" before windows just goes ahead and reboots on you. This may be your problem.
2006-08-15 16:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by Spiritual but not religious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it might be a power problem. Is this a custom computer? If so, you might have to many things connected to the power supply that it cannot handle, causing it to shut down. A higher watt power supply will fix that problem. If you are tight on money, try disconnecting a unecessary part. I also believe overheating will cause the computer to shut down. Always clean your system every once in a while. The fans and CPU heatsink can get quite dusty. Maybe there is a virus causing the problem. Try scanning your computer. There was a virus that was released in the past that kept restarting the computer over and over again.
2006-08-15 16:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by Te 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your first step is to go into Control Panel | System | Advanced | Startup and Recovery | Settings and deselect the Automatically Restart checkbox.
It's probably a driver that's causing your problem. If you get the dialog saying Windows has recovered from a serious error, look at the technical information or the crash diagnosis service. It should tell you which driver caused the stop error.
Once you've found the driver, go into Control Panel | Hardware | Device Manager. Then go to View menu and check "Show hidden devices." Find the offending driver, right click it, and click Properties. You can disable the driver from there.
2006-08-15 17:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by jacinablackbox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
next time you initiate your comp, determine it rather is not linked to the interne. Then try this pass to start Menu>RUN and form 'centers.msc', hit enter. Browse to a service called distant technique call(RPC). remarkable click and decide properties, click on restoration. be sure you decide on on Take No action on the 1st Failure,2nd Failure and next Failure tabs.so because it rather is that, you's pc won't turn off now. After this, get a god antivirus with as much as date definitions and run an entire test of your computer. you could acquire the loose AVG or Avast ones in case you have not got any, although NOD32,BitDefender and Kaspersky are the greater clever options. you additionally can acquire a gadget called STINGER from the McAfee internet site, it seems after maximum of he commonplace viruses. desire this facilitates you
2016-09-29 07:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by esannason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you've got here is Power Saver going off. You have it set to hibernate or shut down if there's no mouse movement. Go to Start/Control Panel/Power Options/ Power Schemes and change it to Always On, hit apply and OK.
2006-08-15 17:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine's restarting by itself right now...it's because the video driver is corrupted. Maybe yours has the same problem. If so, just reinstall the driver from the disk or download it from your computer manufacturers website.
2006-08-15 16:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by Crys H. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might be a lot of reasons. If it shows an error message that could help us. Maybe the computer is overheating, etc.
2006-08-15 16:54:35 · answer #7 · answered by none 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overheating is the most probable cause. Although it could be many things. Open up the case, turn it on and make sure that the CPU fan is running....
2006-08-15 16:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by cbg_mx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pc have automatic shutdown when they reach certain temperature, maybe thats your problem, you can turn it off on your cmos bios settings. Another option is the power settings, you can find it in control panel>power options.
2006-08-15 17:32:07 · answer #9 · answered by erwin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to control panel ---> Power options ----> change the power scheme to " Always On "
this will do
2006-08-15 16:57:34 · answer #10 · answered by appu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋