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Offline demonrogue

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PC shutsdown and restarts
« on: October 07, 2011, 10:41:21 PM »
My computer shuts off and restarts every few mins and at first i thought maybe i had a virus or malware so i had ran microsoft home essenstials anti virus with the latest virus definition update and malware bytes but neither program found anything bad . so if my computer is clean does that mean my  power supply is dying ?
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2011, 04:47:37 AM »
You can try reinstalling Windows.

Else if you can't or don't want to I suggest you take somebody to look at it.
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2011, 09:38:35 AM »
Are all the fans workin inside the computer. Have you been keeping things clean inside the case. ??? Crack the side open and turn on the computer to make sure all fans are spinning the way they should.
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 12:42:01 PM »
Okay I will do that and let you know and i dont know if this helps or not but before my computer starting shutting down and restarting my computer would start making a loud noise once in a while .
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2011, 07:26:40 PM »
Load grinding noise?
Have you got another power supply you can test?
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2011, 07:50:12 PM »
the loud noise occurs once in a while with the computer is running not when it loads and i currently dont have a spare power supply to test with
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2011, 03:01:48 AM »
Do you have Windows Update set to automatically install updates?
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2011, 02:00:25 AM »
I decided to open my computer and blow out all the dust that was in there and i bought a new 350w power supply to see if that will work but after installing the new power supply and everything else that needed power. I turned on my computer and did some things on it and the computer just goes off and restarts even with the new power supply.

so now i am thinking it might be the hard drive that is failing ? Any ideas regarding this

My computer is a emachine T3418
160 gb harddrive
2.2 gb amd athlon 64
1 gb ram
running windows xp 
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2011, 08:20:15 PM »
Is the fans working on the cpu?
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2011, 10:27:05 PM »
yeah all the fans are working although after i installed the new power supply and booted up my computer and windows xp loaded a box came up saying the system has recovered from a severe error i dont know if that helps or not ?
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2011, 08:15:04 PM »
Sorry haven't been around...been fixin computers, lol. :) Anywho, so all the fans come on and you have a new power supply. When you had the side open did you happen to notice if the ram modules were seated properly and how many of them there were. ???
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2011, 09:14:19 PM »
i only have two slots for ram and they are seated properly
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2011, 09:42:02 PM »
Provided that you do not have your PC parked by a heating vent, the things I would check ..

CPU/Processor fan is running AND the heatsink is completely free of dust/lint.

All fans are spinning and are dust free.

All cables are properly plugged in.

Memory boards are free of dust and plugged in.

CMOS battery is not weak.

Harddrive is not overheating.

If using addon graphic card, the fan is working and is dust free.

Defrag and chkdisk the harddrive.


Software wise, have you recently installed any USB drivers/devices or other software that may cause problems?  You can see if your harddrive manufacturer has a test utility for the drive. If so, I would first back up the drive before using their test tool.
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2011, 09:44:00 PM »
Quote from: demonrogue on October 20, 2011, 09:14:19 PM
i only have two slots for ram and they are seated properly

I gather that you are not getting the blue screen of death, BSOD?

Even if you are not getting the BSOD, you could still have a bad memory board. Swap the slots for the memory boards and see if the machine will boot or if it fails/crashes quicker than 'normal'.

If possible, you could just use one memory stick, machine will be slow, but if it fails on one of the sticks, then you know you have a bad memory stick/board.
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Re: PC shutsdown and restarts
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2011, 09:49:21 PM »
no blue screen it boots normaly to where i can see my windows xp desktop then after about a min to a few mins it would just cut off and restart but i will try your advice but welcome any other advice
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