I took it to staples and the person there had it working, but when I brought it home, it started acting up again. She thinks it is a software problem. She suggested I do a restore and I have tried to do a restore to specific dates and it won't allow the restore to happen. I was using my son's CPU while mine was at Staples and this didn't happen with his (I thought it might be the power in the house at first). Any suggestions?
2007-01-29 06:15:29 · 8 answers · asked by fab 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Thanks everyone for answering. When I get home, I will check the fan to see if it is working. I was in safe mode twice to check on viruses and I don't remember it shutting down then, but that was before Christmas.
Thank you!
2007-01-29 06:57:49 · update #1
The CPU fan may be going out - when a computer overheats - it shuts down - it's a safety feature, keeps you from losing the entire system.
2007-01-29 06:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by lifesajoy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Upgrade the BIOS.
Go into Safe Mode and see how stable the PC is there. If it is still stable in Safe Mode, but not in regular mode, I would run as many housekeeping utilites as possible.
If it is still Unstable in Safe mode. I would be very inclined to either do a Reapir using hte Install disk, or just start from Scratch.
2007-01-29 06:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the frequency of rebooting or shutting down ?
Every minute ? Every five minutes ? Every 30 minutes ?
If it is shutting down with 5 minutes or less. You may have overheat issue.
If it is every 30 mins to 1 hour, then you may have SW issue.
Does the problem occur even when you are in safe-mode ?
2007-01-29 06:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Just_curious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be the power supply...or maybe it's over heating. Once the processor gets too hot, it shuts down. I suggest u get the power supply checked out.
2007-01-29 06:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, sounds like an overheating thing to me unless you are getting some kind of software error before it shuts down.
2007-01-29 06:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
appears like you forgot to apply warmth sink paste. extremely you've too small of a warmth sink or the fan has had dirt receive in it and it has lost it is efficency. also the nice and cozy temperature sink would have come free. there's a thermal shutdown on maximum motherboards which will close the cpu down even as it receives too warm.
2016-10-16 06:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had that happen to my old computer, and mine was due to over heating. Go to your local computer store, not a industrial one but a local one, and have them check it out and put in some additional fans.
2007-01-29 06:20:57 · answer #7 · answered by Bridget 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
power supply!!
2007-01-29 06:22:45 · answer #8 · answered by Eda M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋