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Ok. Do you mean shutting down, powering off or crashing/freezing. Does the monitor go into standby mode? Does the harddrive stop spinning? Do the fan(s) in the power supply stop spinning?
(NOTE: These are just suggested. Do not take as concrete)
harddrive spinning, CPU, PSU fans spinning = software crash. harddrive spinning, PSU fan spinning = hardware crash. harddrive not spinning, CPU, PSU fan nots spinning = PSU failure.
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Sorry, been on vacation...
I'm pretty sure my computer is virus free, as it runs fine otherwise, and this shutdown problem only happens once every two weeks or so. The computer powers off, so fans and hardrives stop spinning and the screen goes into standby mode. All the solutions (or problems) suggested sound liable, as I built the computer myself, using cheaper components.... My processor is a Celeron D @ 2.4 Ghz, it runs pretty warm even with a huge fan. A picture would better describe how crowded things actually are.....
I update on the progress once I finish all the testing.
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Windows can be setup to automatically shutdown the PC if it crashes. Ages ago I was using a PC with Win2K installed and it kept shutting down at random intervals. I originally thought it was a power supply problem. But it turned out that a virus scanner running in the background was causing Windows to crash. Rather than displaying the blue screen of death Windows would just turn the PC off .
If you go into:
Control Panel->System->Advanced->Startup and Recovery
There's a checkbox with the option of 'Automatically Restart' in the event of a system failure. It's worth checking just to make sure that option's turned off.
It might be that your version of Windows is crashing due to software problem and then automatically turning the PC off. If this is the case then the blue screen of death will give you some clues as to what is causing the problem.
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Instant Shutdown
@ 2.4 Ghz, it runs pretty warm even with a huge fan. A picture would better describe how crowded things actually are.....
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