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Thread ID: 68267	2006-04-23 02:27:00	Switching off automatically	andycraw (10269)	Press F1

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448667	2006-04-23 02:27:00	Sometimes my comp.switches itself off while i am working or away from it.When i turn it back on it will only stay on for a few minutes over and over then suddenly it will stay on for hours no problem.I like to leave it on permanently as i used to but can't.I never seem to lose anything except what i'm working on.	andycraw (10269)
448668	2006-04-23 02:52:00	Sounds sorta like a PSU problem . Do you have access to another for "swap-n-try" purposes? If not, make friends with your neighborhood geek-teenager-without a girlfriend-type and see if the can "loan" one to you for the test . You MIGHT try disconnecting one or more unnecessary optical drives for a test . . . or what about external USB hubs? They can draw a lot of power to make things run like: (Get THIS>>>!) a USB-powered vacuum cleaner which I saw on a website today!), or some other electron sucker that might be pulling the last amount of power the PSU can supply . Perhaps a little more info on your physical system will help . . . don't forget to list the peripherals too .	SurferJoe46 (51)
448669	2006-04-23 05:09:00	sounds like the bad caps on your motherboard (http://badcaps.net/) problem....	gibler (49)
448670	2006-04-23 06:03:00	I agree . . . it's a capacity problem . . . either in farads or wattage . . . . it might even be bad caps in the PSU too . . . . (like a bad dielectric on the mobo) . . . or a bad printed circuit that heats/cools as current draw goes up or down . . . but the easiest test is the PSU if you meet the original criteria as I stated about the dateless-teenager who's a computer nerd-o in your neighborhood . Looking for bulged caps on the mobo might be fun if you have the time . . . but to each his own hell . . . . "When one hears hoofbeats, don't assume zebras"	SurferJoe46 (51)
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