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Thread ID: 65379	2006-01-16 03:40:00	Computer shuts down intermittenly!	scarrylarry (7589)	Press F1

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421542	2006-01-16 03:40:00	Hello Everyone, I have an older computer that sit in the kitchen it has an amd athlon processor 256mb ram geforce 2 GFX card and runs Windows 98 SE. OK the computer had A 1.5GB C Drive and a slave drive that's not much bigger and is split into two partitions. The problem I am currently having is the computer is shutting down and rebooting itself from time to time and when it does shut down I won't come back up right away I have to let it sit for a few minutes. Also there have been a few times where the computer screen goes black the computer is still running but I can't do anything because the screen is not there. I have to shut it down wait then restart it. Now Recently I changed out the 1.5GB C drive and replaced it with a 40 Gig I cloned the C drive with norton ghost. so the hard drive is GOOD because I had the same problem before I exchanged them. I left the slave drive untouched. Would that cause a problem if the slave were bad and not the OS drive. Also I switch out the monitor with the one from my newer computer so I know the problem is NOT the monitor. When the screen goes black after a few seconds it sounds like something is shutting down but the computer is still running and all the fans are spinning also I see a green light appear on the slave hard drive not sure what that means the light is not there when the computer comes up but when it goes black it comes on. I also changed out the surge protector with a new one because I heard the can cause problems too And the problem still exists. I took it to a computer place about two weeks ago and they said it never shutdown on them and that it's not overheating it may be about 8 degrees warmer than you want it but it was fine. So I am really confused with this one. If anyone has any suggestions to try I love to hear them Thanks! Sorry for being so long winded. ,Scarrylarry	scarrylarry (7589)
421543	2006-01-16 04:01:00	Dude, it's a lot easier to read a post when there's a few line breaks thrown in. My guess is that your Geforce card is over-heating, since some time must pass before you can restart. Try removing it, and cleaning off the dust, or even invest in something like the Zalman VGA cooler. It could be "thermal crawl" on the card's connector, but generally once it's loose it doesn't work till it's pushed back in place.	kingdragonfly (309)
421544	2006-01-16 04:17:00	Could be the card - could be the PSU too. Do you get any errors?	pctek (84)
421545	2006-01-16 18:17:00	I don't get any errors at all. The card and the PSU are the only things I haven't changed out other than the motherboard and they could be the problem, but what if I change One or the other or both and it turns out not to be the problem that seems like a waste of money. Now as far as the possible overheating of the card wouldn't putting in a newer card make things hotter? Thanks for the help thus far. Looks like I'll have to do some thinking about what I'm gonna do. ,Scarry Larry	scarrylarry (7589)
421546	2006-01-16 18:49:00	what if I change One or the other or both and it turns out not to be the problem that seems like a waste of money. ,Scarry Larry Then take it to a tech for diagnosing.	pctek (84)
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