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essysin2

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soo im not sure if this is the place to be posting this because im not sure if the problem is a security one. but anyhow, my computer keeps shutting itself down randomly. sometimes its 5 minutes, sometimes its 20. The screen just fades out to black then the computer shuts down. Any ideas as to why? also my internet isnt working on that computer, though all my connections seem to be fine. These both happened this morning when i turned on my pc. I'm really at a total loss for what to do.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Corp NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19' Viewmonitor Vx910
over heating sounds like the culprit, check the fans on your cpu and the video card. look on your main board there are to large processors they may have either heat sinks only or have heat sink and fan. if not turn the machine off pull the plug from back of computer and put finger close to the chip a see if you feel excessive heat come off the chips, another words to hot to touch. follow anti statics rules. what you do is this touch case to discharge any static built up on your body.
 

My Computer

System One

essysin2 said:
soo im not sure if this is the place to be posting this because im not sure if the problem is a security one. but anyhow, my computer keeps shutting itself down randomly. sometimes its 5 minutes, sometimes its 20. The screen just fades out to black then the computer shuts down. Any ideas as to why? also my internet isnt working on that computer, though all my connections seem to be fine. These both happened this morning when i turned on my pc. I'm really at a total loss for what to do.
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what are you doing when it shuts down?

also if it is up for only 5 min and shuts down doubt it is heat releated.

does it just shut down or does vista shutdown correctly?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    CUSTOM BUILT BY ME
    CPU
    AMD PHENOM II X3 710 2.6GHZ Overclocked to 3.25GHZ Stable
    Motherboard
    Ecs Gf8200a Phenom-2 X4 Quad Core Mboard
    Memory
    8BG PC5300 4 x 2GB OCZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    PCI-E ATI HD 4670 1GB Overclocked 4GB Total
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1 HD AUDIO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    55" Vizio LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 HD
    Hard Drives
    1TB Seagate, 1TB Hitachi, 250GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate
    PSU
    Kingwin ABT-610MM Maximum Power 610 Watt ATX 12V
    Case
    GENERIC
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED Universal CPU Cooler, 4 CASE FANS
    Keyboard
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD
    Mouse
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS MOUSE
    Internet Speed
    CABLE 15MBPS
The PSU could be on its last legs. You could try exchanging it for another.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio Z46GDU
    CPU
    [email protected] w/6MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    9300M GS 256MB + Intel Integrated 4500MHD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.1" WXGA True Colour Tough
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    320GB SATA 7200RPM
    Internet Speed
    1MB/s
essysin2 said:
soo im not sure if this is the place to be posting this because im not sure if the problem is a security one. but anyhow, my computer keeps shutting itself down randomly. sometimes its 5 minutes, sometimes its 20. The screen just fades out to black then the computer shuts down. Any ideas as to why? also my internet isnt working on that computer, though all my connections seem to be fine. These both happened this morning when i turned on my pc. I'm really at a total loss for what to do.
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As other's mentioned, more then likely overheating or bad power supply are causing the computer to shut down suddenly. Your network issue is of more interest to me. Are you running wireless or wired? If you're running wired or are running wireless and are able to connect to your router, open up a cmd prompt (win r type in cmd or type cmd in start menu and click cmd.exe) and type in ipconfig. If the first octet in your IP address is 169, then you're not talking to the DHCP server. If you have a router your IP address first two Octets should be 192.168, or if you directly connect to your modem it should begin with anything but 127 or 169.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NG2096
    CPU
    Intel P8700
    Memory
    4 Gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung PN50A550
    Screen Resolution
    Primary 1680 X 1050, Secondary 1920 X 1080
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
    Internet Speed
    Satalite :-(
    Other Info
    Running SUSE, Solaris, Kalyware, and BSD through vmware whenever the mood strikes
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