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| Thread ID: 32468 | 2003-04-19 09:17:00 | my computer turns itself off, then restarts. | ssssss (2100) | Press F1 |
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| 136971 | 2003-04-19 09:17:00 | About once a week I am getting this. The screen goes black, then the computer immediately reboots itself, doing the scan disc on the way. Is this a typical windows problem? (Ihave Windows ME) or is it something more sinister? I suspect a trojan and someone trying to annoy me! |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 136972 | 2003-04-19 09:21:00 | Hey Maybe your computers saving power for our proposed power crisis? :p Have you ran a Virus Scan recently to check for trojans and any other nasties?? - A free Virus scanner (AVG) is available at www.grisoft.com (http://www.grisoft.com) Otherwise, have you added anything to your system recently?? more Ram, a PCI card or something which may be draining the computers power? What wattage is your PSU? CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 136973 | 2003-04-19 10:01:00 | Hi - Haven't added any hardware. I don't know what a PSU is! It does seem to happen when I have several things running though. Will look at the virus scan thanks. I have McAfee but it is a year out of date. Do I have to unistall it, before using AVG? |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 136974 | 2003-04-19 10:04:00 | Yes - i'm thick the PSU is the power supply - but all is the same as when bought new. It is a HP computer | ssssss (2100) | ||
| 136975 | 2003-04-22 04:18:00 | Have you got XP? Change the setting so that it doesn't restart on errors, so you will get a blue page which might tell you what is causing this. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 136976 | 2003-04-22 07:18:00 | >Have you got XP? - no I have ME | ssssss (2100) | ||
| 136977 | 2003-04-22 08:24:00 | Make sure the CPU fan is working consistently and the CPU is not overheating | TallPoppy (3506) | ||
| 136978 | 2003-04-22 08:40:00 | Does it shuts and then restarts at a regular interval or at random? Looks like the problem is with your PSU . Check for any insecure cable connection inside the box . If everything looks fine, then I may suggest you to swap the PSU with a known good one . Good luck |
bk T (215) | ||
| 136979 | 2003-04-22 10:09:00 | It sounds more like a dodgy ram problem to me. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 136980 | 2003-04-22 12:04:00 | check your bios power management settings & device wake settings. ie keyboard and mouse wakeup S1 /pos if they are wrong , ie extra wakeup settings, then all sorts of things will suddenly have your machine shutting down and restarting. |
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