Faulty pc
 

mi pc's knackered, i aint got a clue whats wrong with it, it keeps starting and stopping on its own, i'll switch it on then it'll let me on for a few minutes then turn itself off :rolleyes: its not a virus my mate ruled that out last night....what could it be???

suggestions gratefully recieved


(thats if i can get back on to read them :()

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it might be worth someone checking out the power pack isn't faulty if it keeps shutting off!

Hope you get it sorted soon and cheaply too:)

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cheers hr....someone said that to me yesterday, i havent got a clue though lol at this rate its gonna end up out the naffin window :D

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A bit more info would help. Does Windows load? how far does it get before it shuts down? how are you SURE there isn't a virus at work?

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actually come to think of it, had similar problem with mine and it ended up something to do with the motherboard being faulty, luckily it was under warranty so they came and fixed it.

Get chav to look at it, he's pretty good at taking comps apart but he might take a while to put it back together again :rolleyes: :p ;)

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theres your problem right there , why the hell did your fella do that in the first place :eek:

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Heatsink could be blocked with dust and making processor overheat, always look at the easy options 1st :)

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sometimes windows loads and sometimes it goes off before its got to that stage, it can go off within seconds of me turning it on, then sometimes it can stay on for half an hour

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i took the case off it the other day and hoovered it out, the fans are fine

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ive done the plug thing too willow,its still the same

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chav behave ;) i havent got a FELLA ;)

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my money is on the power pack

after it shuts its self down have a sniff at the vent and see if u can smell any burnung or feel a lot of heat

edit:

TRY NOT TO BURN YOUR NOSE

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i see the name of this thread has been changed lol

chav ive tried everything

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MMMM shame u didnt take your own advice at the shoulder of mutton that time :rolleyes:

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how did i manage that

i can recall burning my arm and my tinkle whilst ironing when getting ready ..

ahh was it when i tried rolling a lit fag off my nose into my mouth ?


none of ths fixes flashy's pc but happy memories , i ownder if that new dungeon does fire torture :D

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Ah YES those little sparks of the chavster, tho u burnt your nose & other bits & bobs by seems of it:rolleyes: :D Maybe u should go & enquire with them chav?

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My PC was doing similar thing and I found out it was the processor overheating.. I've had to leave the side panel off and its not been to bad since. (ooh the shame!) :D

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there's nothing hot on it though mancie, ive had the case off it for a few days now, its still doing the same

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Should'nt this be in the over18's/agony aunt forum:Too much information

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Sounds like its knackered :(

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you havent got it in sleep mode have you:p

other idea could be your fan is on its way out!!:rolleyes:

or it could be ............KNACKERED!!

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go into bios settings and look under where it says cpu temp

leave it running for a few mins and keep an eye on teh temperature while you are still in the bios screen ( do not boot windows)

post back your results in celicius and if possible the size of your processor like athelon 2200 for example

if your starting to hit near 40%c and above then its most likely your cpu/processor not been cooled down enough and a simple cpu fan exchange may be all u need

or your power supply is faulty and not getting enough power to the cpu fan to make it spin fast enough to cool down

thats my thoughts anyway

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40 degrees C is cool even for an athlon, modern CPUs run up to 85 degrees

it could be a crack on teh motherboard, have you fitted anything new recently? Memory/gfx card etc?

Unfortunately these type of problems can be a real pain to resolve and usually need swapping out of components to find the faulty one.

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my cpu was getting up to 65+ degrees and it would shut down (but I seem to remember setting a limit in bios)the PC would not restart until it had cooled down. I found playing vids or tunes would really heat it up....downloaded something that told me my cpu fan was 0 zero! but if yours cuts out after a few seconds?

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could someone please translate the last 3 posts for me??

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This maybe to late to be any help but my yesterday my PC started closing down a couple of minutes after restarting... I looked in task manager (ctrl+alt+delete) checked performance and for some reason the cpu was running at 100% usage !... did a system restore to earlier date and now its OK... don't know why it was running at 100% ...I was not using any applications.

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Funny u should say that willow mine was playing up earlier for some very unknown reason that kicked AV off & windows - fine now

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Mines been switching itself off recently for no reason too but my hard drive is nearly full that's what I've been putting it down to.

Earlier on all the links in my favourites stopped working then I got an error page on accyweb, had to re-boot the full lot :(

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You have all just proved how unreliable PC's really are :D

It is usually software problems that people have, but flashy's sounds like a hardware fault. Have you tried what Chav said yet about watching the CPU temp in the BIOS?

When it shuts down what does it do? Does it just instantly switch off?

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I would say that generally teh hardware is actually quite reliable, the OS that you all seem to like to run seems to be a much greater problem. :D

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I get your point entwisi...but for most people the first PC they saw/bought would have had windows..I mean almost brought up on windows and not inclined to start experimenting with any other OS.

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doesn't make it right though does it.

Linux is a friend you just haven't met yet! :D

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well i'm convinced now that mine only turns itself off when the heatings on.....*wonders if her pc was made by eskimo's*

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well Flashy... chav and entwisi told you what you should do:

go into bios settings and look under where it says cpu temp
leave it running for a few mins and keep an eye on teh temperature while you are still in the bios screen ( do not boot windows)
if your starting to hit near 40%c and above then its most likely your cpu/processor not been cooled down enough and a simple cpu fan exchange may be all u need
40 degrees C is cool even for an athlon, modern CPUs run up to 85 degrees
it could be a crack on teh motherboard, have you fitted anything new recently? Memory/gfx card etc?

simple eh! :D