Personal Loses Power???

Posted in Desktops on July 14th, 2008

I’ve Windows XP Home Edition.

Often times my personal will suddenly shut off for no reason. When I try to reboot it, it will shut down again just before or just after Windows load. It's like I unplug it or turn it off; the screen will go black. It's not as though Windows is shutting down. I have checked the outlets and connections; the problem doesn't seem to be there.

I’ve ran all the checks and nothing turns up.

It doesn't do this all the time, just ever so often. It does seem to work superior if I leave it off for a while.

Does anyone know why this could be happening, and how can I correct the problem?

Answer:
Sounds care about it could be a heat problem too, for that check around the inside, dust can build up on the fins of the CPU heat sink blocking airflow rather quickly at times and then the dust insulates it and holds heat in, around the power supply too, you can use a small paint brush on the fins like an artist brush, you wont need to pull the fan off then, and a vacuum on the power supply should pull most of the dust inside of it off

If you noticed, does it do it more on warm days, then it very well could be dust buildup

Answer:
if the power physically turns off that might be a failing power supply.

If the screen goes blank like it shuts down but the computer is on, then the problem is a tiny bit elevated.

1. If you dont get any errors in POST, your hardware is fine, and the windows install is bricked.

2. If you DO get errors in POST, well that all depends on the error.

Answer:
Sounds like a blue screen of death.
Answer:
You should check all your connections like-mother board power,RAM in place, CPU in place, CPU heat sink in place,are all the wires out of the way so the CPU fan could spin. Did you reset the CMOS before booting.

First you need to turn your computer off and unplug it from the wall socket.After that open your case and you should see 3 pins two of them are covered by a jumper like this. You should reset your CMOS by moving the jumper from pins 1&2 to 2&3 and keep it that way for about 30 seconds. Then put the jumper back to pins 1&2. Close your case. Begin up your computer.

You could also Reset the CMOS by removing the CMOS battery. First you'll need to turn off your computer and remove the power cord from your wall socket open your case.Then release the clip from the battery holder and take the battery out for about a minute for the battery to discharge. Then put it back the right way and begin up your personal.

If that doesn't solve it, buy a new hard drive, install XP(or recovery disk) on it, hook up the hard drive with problems, and run a disk check (right click drive icon >properties >tools>check now)

The move your data to the new hard drive.

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