Works for 20min or sometimes more then turns off. Sometimes when I turn back on, it asks what was the last setting that worked. Any ideas please.
2007-07-23 08:02:58 · 17 answers · asked by butcher 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Well... seems too long for a data glitch.... ever opened the case and got the dust out? May be overheating.... best way is to blow it out with air... from a vacuum or canned air under pressure... making sure the fan area is also clear and moving lots of air.. just an idea!
2007-07-23 08:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically, if the PC runs for a brief period, such as 20 minutes, and then shuts off, it's because it is overheating. There are temperature sensors in the PC that will cause it to turn off to prevent damage to the hardware components. If this is a recent problem, one of the fans in your PC may have stopped working or is not working very efficiently.
If you are comfortable doing so, open the case and look inside while the PC is running to see if a fan is struggling to operate. If you're not comfortable with this, you can take the computer to a place like Best Buy and they can look at it, usually for no charge until they actually work on it.
2007-07-23 08:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by pooky254 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd need to be there to give a definitive answer, but here are the steps I would take: >check CPU/FSB temperatures (most motherboards have software for this) and if one or the other is hot, blow the dirt out of the heat sink with air and possibly look into replacing the heat sink/fan >take out one of the memory sticks, if it happens again, swap it for the other (bad memory would shut down the PC though normally it gives an error when it happens) >power supply overheating (get a can of air and blow out the power supply on the back, also blow out every other heat sink while you are in there. >if windows, goto Run and out in compmgmt.msc and hit enter this will bring up the computer management console. Go to the event viewer and see what was the last few things that happened before the crash. May need a windows wipe/reload.
2016-05-21 02:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by kym 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few things that could be going on. You could have a virus that is shutting down your computer. If this is the case, use a Virus protection program to try to identify this. Another possible cause is a faulty piece of hardware. Your power supply could be starting to go bad. Also, your motherboard or RAM may also be starting to go out. Since the whole computer is just turning off, I would bet it is not your hard drive or optical drives.
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2007-07-23 08:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by acitodg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may need to do a system restore if it is asking for the settings that worked. And, the reason for the turning it off is that it may be overheating or your power supply is being strained. Feel around your computer cases and if you feel any hot spots then you will need to address a cooling issue. Also, do you have a lot of hard drives, optical drives, powerful processor, or multiple sticks of RAM with an older, lower wattage power supply? If so, then you need to upgrade your power supply. As for the settings question, just do the system restore by going to start>accessories>system tools>system restore and choose an approriate date.
2007-07-23 08:09:21 · answer #5 · answered by stanli121 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar problem, it would work for a little while and then suddenly re-boot. The problem was a bad memory sim. Basically, everything would work fine until it would try to use the bad sector or RAM and then it would crash.
If you have more than one RAM chipset in your system, pull out each one turn and see if you have the same problem. If the problem doesn't occur when one of the chips is 'out', then you know it is the problem.
2007-07-23 08:09:06 · answer #6 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a computer expert, but it might be that your computers internal fan, or cooling system, is not working....causing your pc components to overheat and shut down.....I have heard of this happening, and an average of twenty minutes prior to it shutting itself down seems to maybe point to something like this.....If, on the other hand it is software related then I don't have the faintest idea......I would simply use that twenty minutes to back up my files and re-install a fresh copy of windows after reformatting my harddrive.
2007-07-23 08:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by bradley L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See if it is overheating first, listen to a CPU cooler or POWER supply cooling propellant. If this doesn't give any results, check for shut down timers if you had them installed some time before, but I bet it's cooler fan of some piece of hardware
2007-07-23 08:09:44 · answer #8 · answered by firebolt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be that it is overheating take the side off and turn it on if you see a fan on the motherboard and it isnt spinning you need a new one becouse it is gone but mabye it just has a bad virus do a virus scan
2007-07-23 08:07:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the fan is broke in back of the computer. Just put your hand behind your computer and see if you feel the air. If you feel the air it might be a virus.
2007-07-23 08:06:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋