I have a sony vaio desktop pc about 18 months old. It works fine generally EXCEPT when i run something like norton antivirus for a virus check. Then it just blows, switches itself off. And the fuse in the plug in the wall is gone and I have to replace it, and i have to restart then everything is fine again, except when I run norton antivirus again.
And then yesterday I was on second life on the internet, and guess what, it went again. Are these things just too much work for my pc (which was very expensive and supposedly top of the range). Sorry but I'm not very technical. All answers gratefully received.
2006-12-09 11:33:57 · 5 answers · asked by tecnofobe 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
where are you from? (Country) First computers can't blow fuses in electric mains, why you may ask yourself.... when you plug your computer into the mains the power is reduced from 120volt to 12 volt, this sounds like you may have a problem with the mains not the computer, something is not quite right.,
I would say thank you computer for switching off cause if it did not it would burn up the mother board and everything in the computer and that would be expensive...
now if your computer is getting to hot then it will switch off, not blow a fuse may be this is happening and feeding bach to the mains I don't know cause I never heard this one before
just to try it out I would take your puter to a friends and try it out there just run Norton and see what happens if it blows a fuse then you know for sure it is the puter.....
2006-12-09 12:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither Norton nor Second Life has anything to do with it.
You have either a defective power cord or the computer has a defective power supply. Or possibly you are using the wrong size fuse in the plug.
2006-12-09 11:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to do with any software - it's an electrical problem. perhaps a dud power supply unit, dud cable, dud plug. Can you borrow another cable & try that? In a different wall socket. If it blows again, it's within the PC. Get a decent technician to check it.
2006-12-09 20:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me such as you have a fault on your place wiring, in all probability in basic terms on your pc room. Swapped impartial and earth might reason substantial problems with kit as loads of contemporary passes via the earth connections that would then fail. in case you have no longer have been given any understanding in this section, get an electrician in to analyze the sockets. it relatively is basic for him to analyze with the the terrific option kit.
2016-10-14 08:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost like a woman, blows and then gets turned off.. hehe just kiddin.
2006-12-09 11:44:51 · answer #5 · answered by Beary and Dunno 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋