Random Computer Shutdown

[ExVeritas]

i'm having a problem where my computer randomly shuts itself down. the computer was royally fucked up, so i re-formatted the master drive, and after that, the computer now randomly decides when it would like to shut down, then it restarts itself. any ideas?

 

[firewolfrl]

Sounds like a hardware issue
open the case and put a table fan in front of the opening and run that way for a while and see if that fixes your reboot

if it doesn't fix the reboot then it maybe software related

 

[PRPhx]

How old is this pc? Have you ever replaced the power supply?

 

[rclarke250]

Look for swollen and leaky caps. on motherboard.

 

[garebo]

When you have just about any problems it pays to first reset the bios. If it solves or helps solve the problem then its a fast and easy fix.

Some virus cause the restart problem and sometimes they survive a reformat of the drive. For this reason i always use the hard drive mfgrs troubleshooting program and write zeroes to the hard drive before i reformat it. With a hard drive that is known to be part of a system that was restarting all the time, i find that is a good way to go.
I also format the drive and when i install win xp i let it format the drive again.




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