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| Thread ID: 86647 | 2008-01-23 23:33:00 | Possible fried proccessor? | Jailbird (13316) | Press F1 |
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| 633238 | 2008-01-23 23:33:00 | Hey, my HP with a Penium 4 processer started to shut down on its own and reboot on its own. :/ then its just shut down one time and kept shuting down and starting back up and i let it shut itslef down and i turned the power off. i then pluged it back in and turned the pc off and its started i could hear the hard drive running but nothing was showing up on the screen :/ then when i tried turing it off with the power butten it turn off and turn back on about 1 second after shuting down. can anywon tell me whats going on here? im stuck on my slow labtop and im not sure what to do. | Jailbird (13316) | ||
| 633239 | 2008-01-24 00:01:00 | Welcome to PressF1 Jailbird. Sounds like a faulty motherboard, or possibly an overheating issue. Is the PC still under warranty? Try resetting the BIOS and see if that helps. There are 2 ways you can reset your bios. 1. On the motherboard there is a small watch battery. Remove this battery along with the power cable from the power supply. Hold down the power button to fully discharge the system. Wait 10-15 minutes then reinstall the battery and plug in your system. 2. Some motherboards have a 3 pin jumper by the battery. Lets say that the jumper is on pins 2 and 3. Remove the jumper while the machine is OFF and place onto pins 1 and 2. Put the jumper back to pins 2 and 3. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 633240 | 2008-01-24 00:03:00 | It maybe overheating if it keeps shutting down. Altho, a P4 CPU can still work, (and you can use Windows / whatever) but it will crash if part of it is damaged. But it doesnt sound like yours is crashing. Have you been inside the case, and done anything with the CPU etc recently? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 633241 | 2008-01-24 04:05:00 | almost definitely motherboard? if its a prebuild computer (even with the p4) the chances are its not goin to overheat, especially if its just booting | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 633242 | 2008-01-24 04:39:00 | more commonly faulty power supply. certainly far easier to check than a motherboard. | tweak'e (69) | ||
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