Re: buggered pc
Should'nt this be in the over18's/agony aunt forum:Too much information
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
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
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.
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.
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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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 offits 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)
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.
Mine is misbehaving too now. Thought it was sorted but it's only lulled me into a false sense of security and then something else goes kaput!
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
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
You have all just proved how unreliable PC's really are 
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?
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?
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.
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.
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!
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!