Computer shuts down by itself
"Lately my computer has been shutting down and rebooting for no apparent reason. When it restarts, it usually says it has recovered from a serious error. It SEEMS to happen when I am using my computer to listen to music." |
Baby, It's Hot in There
Most likely this is an overheating situation. Itunes, RealPlayer, Windows Media player, etc. require a lot of processing power to decompress and decode music files, which can cause the system to get hot.
If your CPU is running at over 60 degrees you might be at risk of burning it out. Some systems shut down automatically when the temperature reaches an unsafe level.
Every few weeks I open my system unit and clean the fins on the heat sink that sits under the CPU. When they collect dust it restricts the airflow and prevents proper cooling. I just did that on my system and the CPU temperature dropped by ten degrees!
Download the free Speedfan utility and it will tell you the temperature at which your CPU and hard drives are running.
Help, my memory is failing me!
If you determine that overheating is not the problem, the most likely suspect is bad memory. The best way to find the culprit is to pop open the system unit, remove (or replace) one RAM stick and see if the problem is solved. Run your system for a while and if the problem goes away, you win!
If not... lather, rinse and repeat for each RAM stick until you find the one that's misbehaving.
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Posted by Bob Rankin on 29 Jun 2005
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xati
14 Jun 2010
When I am Playing Music files or Video files my system is shutting down... help mee!!
Posted by:
Alex
01 Sep 2010
Please help. I don't know what to do cause my computer is shuting down by itself after 10 min. when I leave it just without job. Same thing with video player. When I whatch movie after about 5-7min it stopet and minimize window, looks like computer searching for some update or something, cause mouse mark is twisting (like download mode or someting). Have any ideas what could it be? thank u for ansewers.
Posted by:
Saurabh
22 Sep 2010
Good afternoon Bob,
I am having a serious problem with my system. I have PIII 1200 MHZ processor with Mercury 815e board.
as I turn the power switch on computer starts automatically and as display appears it turns off. I check all power connectors working fine, put ram in different slots, SMPS and CPU fan working fine, put paste in between heat sink and processor, I am facing this problem randomly,After doing a lot troubleshoot ing the problem solved last time but I forget how?, please assist me to overcome with the solution.
Thank you, Saurabh
EDITOR'S NOTE: Maybe a bad power supply?
Posted by:
JT Jones
12 Oct 2010
I was having the same issue. I have a brand spankin new quad core system. It would run for a few hours, then shut down. I could not for the life of me figure out what the issue was. I then popped open my tower case and found that deep inside the green boards and fans was alot of dust and dirt. I basically cleaned out the entire tower. I took all the boards out and wiped it out. Working fine every since.
Posted by:
gova chan
27 Oct 2010
hi sir,
my computer is shotting down automatically .is the memory lose during that time for computer.
Posted by:
josh
12 Nov 2010
my computer shuts down too much, I will be working on a document suddenly it shuts down, I tried many application still not working, but recently I installed Registry Mechanic and after computer restarted everything worked perfect and has not shut down. check it and let me know if it works for you.
http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/
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kim roddy
10 Jan 2011
I bought a new laptop with Vista installed. However i was entitled to a free upgrade to Win 7. After the upgrade When I am Playing Music files or Video files my system is shutting down... help mee!!
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Posted by:
praveen indian
19 Mar 2011
my computer get shut down automatically i don't kno Y i kno most of heat and not even for 15min y is that sooo plz mail me i want u r help :(
Posted by:
uday
20 Mar 2011
my computer get shut down automatically i don't kno Y i kno most of heat and not even for 15min y is that sooo plz mail me i want u r help :(
Posted by:
gene
23 Aug 2011
my computerheats upand shuts down then when i scan or try and upgrade it shuts down and it has erased all my medical files