Nearly every day my comp shuts itself down a couple of times. One day I came in and it was shutdown, the on/off switch on the case was "frozen" and I couldnt restart it, I replaced the power supply but it continues to happen. Once it closes down I cannot re start unless I turn the on/off switch on and off several times. Starting to become very annoying!!
good to see u. i just went through something like this about a month ago. my power supply died and i got a new 500 watt from newegg. after i put it in it kept going to stand by no matter what i set the power setings to in windows. so i backed up all my pics,video and music on my c drive and reformatted it. well that didnt work. so the 2nd time i reformatted i reset my bios to default. after that i went back and set my bios to the way i had it and everything ran fine. good luck.
moved. check the can shaped objects on the motherboard as they are capacitors. make certain are flat topped not domed.
I have taken off the sides and now have a fan blowing on it. How do I locate Bios and alter it How many "can shaped objects should I see on the MB and how big are they
when u first start ur pc there should be a screen that pops up that tells u how to get into bios or cmos ( pretty much the samething). usually u will have to hit one of the f keys or del or tab. when the pc first comes on. it usually takes a few times to get this right, if its ur first time. be sure to set it to default and dont mess with anything else unless its what u know u want. if u have a hard time getting into bios go chat with the pc manufacturer, they should be able to tell u. by the way u said u put a fan on it. do u think its getting too hot? no pun intended.
Both the power supply fan and processor fan seem to be spinning merrily away, I thought that might be the problem. I will leave it running to see if the FAN helps. Power supply doesnt feel too hot.
i like to clean mine every 90 days or so. u would be suprised at the dust that collects in there. go here if u dont have a utility that displays ur temp...http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
well that doesnt look too bad to me. mine runs a little cooler, but i dont think u should have a problem. im from the us so im not real familiar with the metric system. we use fahrenheit. i dont know ur pc specs, but i think ur ok. does it shut down all the time or when its under a load(cpu 100%)?
It really doesnt care when it shuts down, really just out of the blue. It may be running a little cooler now with the sides off. I will let you know what happens. Thanks again for your help and the link.
For all those out there excited to hear the outcome, I left the fan going all night and it didnt shut down. Turned the fan off, left it for a couple of hours..temp rose 4degrees. Re applied fan and temp dropped 4degrees so it's obviously an overheating prob....solution...whack in more fans (when shops re open tuesday)
