Posted: 01 Feb 2010 19:40

I have this issue, where my computer just randomly shuts down. When I power it back on, it shuts down again right when I get to the Windows boot screen. Then after a few minutes of trying to turn it back on, it works again and I can play games like Mass Effect and Americas army for a few hours with no issues. Then it happens again. How can i fix this?

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 20:00

LT_Koblinsky wrote:

darksmaster923 wrote: LT_Koblinsky wrote: smash it... My friend told me to smash my leg when it hurt, but it didn't help the problem well, you're leg will still hurt. I promise you, this CP will never shut down randomly again if you smash it.

It still won't get past the damn windows boot screen either

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 20:21

hmmm, ok. Well, I'm no expert (at all) on cp's, but mebbe its a problem in Windows itself. That or Motherboard problems. Is it shutting down normally, or rebooting with the "windows was interrupted" screen?

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 20:37

When I reboot it, it goes to that windows was interrupted screen, then when I press start windows normally, it shuts down

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 20:59

I had a problem like this a while ago and it was caused by a bad stick of ram.

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 21:35

You either have a bad stick of ram or your processor is heating up.
You may try putting new thermal paste on the processor heat sink.and cleaning up fans.

Not a windows issue.Vid card heat will also cause this.

Im betting heat since it has time too cool then runs normal for a while.

Then again bad ram will screw up your os and games.Heat ISSUE

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 23:47

I already did virus scan and a malware scan, no results. I don't think it's a heat issue, cause I checked in the bios, cpu temps were the same

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:00

Have you done any work inside the case lately? Is the power on switch seated right or damaged? Or the plug for the switch to the motherboard loose?

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 07:44

Take out the memory sticks,reset the bios,put memory back in.restart pc.leave a stick of ram out each time ,to rule out a ram problem.

Is the temp close to crtitical?Your watching it while its running so you may not see the temp go up.

Do you have a error log in your bios?

Still say heat issue.Not a virus.

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 14:09

Moving to Support

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 15:05

I think the computer may be underpowered. Sure it's a shot in the dark, but that's just my assumption.

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 18:11

I was thinking it was an underpowered problem, which is why I'm going to borrow my friends PSU, but yesterday I got to play several hours of Mass Effect no problem. And what is this bios error log?

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 18:21

darksmaster923 wrote:

I was thinking it was an underpowered problem, which is why I'm going to borrow my friends PSU, but yesterday I got to play several hours of Mass Effect no problem. And what is this bios error log?

I hope you don't mean a BSOD

Maybe it was underpowered after all. It was the first thing I thought of that gave me a clue to your shut down issues.

I have that same issue with my NES

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 18:33

Lilith wrote:

darksmaster923 wrote: I was thinking it was an underpowered problem, which is why I'm going to borrow my friends PSU, but yesterday I got to play several hours of Mass Effect no problem. And what is this bios error log? I hope you don't mean a BSOD Maybe it was underpowered after all. It was the first thing I thought of that gave me a clue to your shut down issues. I have that same issue with my NES

No, some guy posted there was a bios error long.

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 20:22

Example of bios error log.


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