when powering up my HP(bout 4ys old) with Windows XP, after few minutes it will power up and shut itself off. The modem lights almost all go blank except for 3 lights. It was doing this for about 3 weeks and I would cut off power and restart it and it worked, now, it powers up but only for a few minutes. Any idea what is causing this??? Any help is greatly appreciated. Could it be a virus, the fan, power source????
2007-02-27 06:24:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Could be a few things, most likely is bad memory. If you have 2 slots filled with memory, try taking one out and restart the pc. If that doesnt work, swap the one you just pulled and try again.....
A bad power supply would leave your mobo fried, I had this happen recently....when they go they tend to take out the whole computer, frying everything attached, so hopefully its only a bad memory module.....
As for heat, invest in a can of compressed air from your local walmart to blow the crud off of the heat sink. Make sure you dont use the air to spin the fan, you can actually exceed the rpms its designed to reach and burn up the bearings.......
Try an online scanner, to check for viruses....
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
One of these should work for you, hope its nothing bad!
2007-02-27 06:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the fan on your power supply still spinning at the back of the computer box? If not, it will cause the power supply to overheat and turn off in a few minutes after you boot it up. The processor cooling fan will also cause it to cut off, but it will usually slow down for a while first. You can't see that one, either, without removing the cover.
2007-02-27 06:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by dogpoop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do yourself a favor and as soon as the computer begins reading your RAM and before the Microsoft Flag window appears, tap, tap, tap furiously away on the F8 key until you get the black board message about what choice you want to make and chose the line that says, "restore to a previous start up when the system worked correctly."
It may be that I did not type the wording exactly as it appears when you see the list to Start in the Safe Mode, etc. the line something like what I wrote should be in the list below the Safe Mode choice.
2007-02-27 06:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by d4d9er 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with out seeing the pc , my first guess would be HEAT the pc may have a heatsenc fan issue , (not running ) your pc is design to shut off if it gets to hot so , you dont destroy it , from the sounds of it shuting down that quick my best guess is heat , open the case start the pc and see if the fan is working ..good luck
2007-02-27 06:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the comparable undertaking while it got here to the laptop shutting down by utilising itself on a similar time as i became into on line. For be responsive to reason in any respect. however,my laptop has had issues, This became into the main modern in an prolonged line. it may desire to be the flexibility on board you're laptop(that's what it became into for me) and it needs changing. undesirable Ram is likewise yet another enormous ingredient,have you ever upgraded you're these days? I had this undertaking,as one in all my Ram slots became into defective,and it may crash. i could additionally do a backup on you're laptop of each and every thing and keep it to a disk or Pendrive/exterior HD to guard you're documents.
2016-10-02 02:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a heat sink or your fan filled with dust. Open it up and clean it up. Make sure your processor is not loose. Check your fans and make sure there spinning.
2007-02-27 06:32:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a certain type of virus that I have heard of,just not sure of the exact name.
2007-02-27 06:38:07 · answer #7 · answered by CC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋