the ram is ok,cdrom drive ok, hd ok is this the power supplie a motherbopard problem or is there something im missing all cords are ok and everything seems fine it even turned on long enough once to see the windows logo then off and on off again
2006-12-02 13:59:55 · 6 answers · asked by skunk421 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
sounds like your system could be over heating and auto shutting off to protect the components or a virus in the system.
to check for a virus disconnect the hard drives and leave only the CD/DVD drive connected. if the system boots to the system disk when you boot then you have a virus on your main hard drive and so you need to clean that before your system will work correctly.
if this is a heating problem then you need to take the system apart and replace the thermal grease between the processor and its heatsink remember to use plenty of grease a thickish covering is required on the new processors above 2.4Ghz as they run extremely hot.
the cmos/bios needs to be set so that the system fans are fully on at below 25C for best performance.
also double check that your bios has not been tampered with, make sure to set the virus protection on if it's off set the system
2006-12-02 14:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a simillar problem a while back. It turned out that I wasn't using a surge protected powerbar and the power supply got messed up. It was a dell and was under warranty so they sent someone the next day to fix it for free.
2006-12-02 22:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a virese that all it does is shut down your computer on startup or so, start it in safe mode (by pressing the key F8 on startup untill the menu pops up) safe mode only opens the nessicary 8 or so files that needs to run your computer, find the program/virese and delete it.
2006-12-02 22:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by Nick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first thing first... 1. do not lay it down on carpet (wont boot.) 2. open side case, and use fan blow at it. 3. get a new PSU.
oooo make when the mainboard and case the scews are in right. when the metal touch it will not boot and have problems also.
2006-12-02 22:04:05 · answer #4 · answered by OrionCheung 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happened to me, check the video card and if that is ok bring it to Fire Dog in Circuit city.
2006-12-02 22:06:33 · answer #5 · answered by Next Bill Gates 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would guess it a powersuply failiture... try another power suply.
2006-12-02 22:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by theonesk8er8_fju 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋