Computer Shut Down Suddenly, Now Not Booting
Replies: 13 | Post Date: 03-26-2009, 09:37 PM | User: D1sc1pl3 0f Mal1c3 | Forums: hardforum.comDoes this sound like a blown power supply? How do i test for sure, barring swapping to a new ps immediately, since i don't have one lying around? I was just playing a game of left 4 dead and bam, complete shut off, and now when i try and power back on, absolutely nothing happens, no post, no fans, no leds. It sounds like a power issue, but i want to be sure.
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Computer Suddenly And Unexpectedly Shut Down
A friend of mine was using her computer, browsing the internet, when it suddenly and unexpectedly shut down. There was no error message - it just powered off. Now, when i attempt to reboot it, nothing happens. And when i say nothing, i mean nothing. I press the power button, and there is absolutely no change whatsoever in the behavior of the computer. No black screen, blinking lights, beeping noises, fan noises, hard drive spinning, etc. Imaging you tried to power up a computer that is not plugged in to the wall - that is what happens. I thought it had to be the power supply. So i replaced it. Still no change. Then i thought maybe the on/off switch was bad. So i checked it with a meter - its not. Also, there is 3. 3v across the wires heading to the power button. Any suggestions on what i should check next?
Posted On: August 27th, 2009, 02:49 PM . View 6 Replies .
A friend of mine was using her computer, browsing the internet, when it suddenly and unexpectedly shut down. There was no error message - it just powered off. Now, when i attempt to reboot it, nothing happens. And when i say nothing, i mean nothing. I press the power button, and there is absolutely no change whatsoever in the behavior of the computer. No black screen, blinking lights, beeping noises, fan noises, hard drive spinning, etc. Imaging you tried to power up a computer that is not plugged in to the wall - that is what happens. I thought it had to be the power supply. So i replaced it. Still no change. Then i thought maybe the on/off switch was bad. So i checked it with a meter - its not. Also, there is 3. 3v across the wires heading to the power button. Any suggestions on what i should check next?
Posted On: August 27th, 2009, 02:49 PM . View 6 Replies .
Asus Laptop Suddenly Shut Down
I was using my laptop yesterday and it just suddenly shut down. We all thought it was overheating or because the battery is flat. However, after like 2 hours, when we switched it on again, it wouldn't start up. I mean the system would start running for 5 s and then dead again.could someone tell me what's the problem with it. The more i try to start the computer, the shorter the system will try to run.
Posted On: 1 month ago . View 1 Replies .
I was using my laptop yesterday and it just suddenly shut down. We all thought it was overheating or because the battery is flat. However, after like 2 hours, when we switched it on again, it wouldn't start up. I mean the system would start running for 5 s and then dead again.could someone tell me what's the problem with it. The more i try to start the computer, the shorter the system will try to run.
Posted On: 1 month ago . View 1 Replies .
Computer Monitor Suddenly Went Blank
I was working on my computer when the monitor suddenly went black. Nothing seemed to be different in the tower; there were no sound changes, no light changes. The monitor's power light stayed on. I recently acquired another computer and monitor from a friend and decided to hook both monitors to both towers to troubleshoot. Both monitors work fine when hooked up to the second computer, and both monitors stay blank when connected to the first computer. So, the problem has to be in the tower. What sort of problem does it sound like i have? What should my next step be? The only spec i have for the machine, since i can't access the hard drive, is that it's running xp.
Posted On: 16-08-2009, 11:50 PM . View 3 Replies .
I was working on my computer when the monitor suddenly went black. Nothing seemed to be different in the tower; there were no sound changes, no light changes. The monitor's power light stayed on. I recently acquired another computer and monitor from a friend and decided to hook both monitors to both towers to troubleshoot. Both monitors work fine when hooked up to the second computer, and both monitors stay blank when connected to the first computer. So, the problem has to be in the tower. What sort of problem does it sound like i have? What should my next step be? The only spec i have for the machine, since i can't access the hard drive, is that it's running xp.
Posted On: 16-08-2009, 11:50 PM . View 3 Replies .
Computer Suddenly Died, Doesn't Even Post
My computer was running normally, then i shut it down for the night. The following morning it wouldn't boot. When i press the power button, i can see the power and disk leds light up, fans start spinning and drives spin up too - and that's all that happens - the monitor doesn't even come up. I got a pc speaker out of an old computer and connected it to this one, but there is not a single beep when i start the thing. It simply just sits there hanging with no visible or audible error message. I opened the case and took everything out to get rid of dust. Then i plugged the cpu and one memory stick into the motherboard, connected my monitor into the on-motherboard vga port, but still the same. Resetting the cmos didn't help and neither did changing the battery. I tried with a different psu, but to no avail. I also tried putting different ram sticks into different slots when trying to get post in the stripped-down configuration.
Posted On: 18-08-2009, 11:16 AM . View 3 Replies .
My computer was running normally, then i shut it down for the night. The following morning it wouldn't boot. When i press the power button, i can see the power and disk leds light up, fans start spinning and drives spin up too - and that's all that happens - the monitor doesn't even come up. I got a pc speaker out of an old computer and connected it to this one, but there is not a single beep when i start the thing. It simply just sits there hanging with no visible or audible error message. I opened the case and took everything out to get rid of dust. Then i plugged the cpu and one memory stick into the motherboard, connected my monitor into the on-motherboard vga port, but still the same. Resetting the cmos didn't help and neither did changing the battery. I tried with a different psu, but to no avail. I also tried putting different ram sticks into different slots when trying to get post in the stripped-down configuration.
Posted On: 18-08-2009, 11:16 AM . View 3 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shut Off
Certain actions cause my computer to completely shutdown. Occasionaly going to a blue screen and sometimes not. The actions that cause this include playing certain video games, watching videos, and other actions. Regular web surfing does not cause a shutdown. Somebody mentioned to me that i could have fried my r. A. M or something. I really have no idea. My computer is a p4 with at least 256 ram maybe 512.
Posted On: 06-09-2005, 12:00 AM . View 1 Replies .
Certain actions cause my computer to completely shutdown. Occasionaly going to a blue screen and sometimes not. The actions that cause this include playing certain video games, watching videos, and other actions. Regular web surfing does not cause a shutdown. Somebody mentioned to me that i could have fried my r. A. M or something. I really have no idea. My computer is a p4 with at least 256 ram maybe 512.
Posted On: 06-09-2005, 12:00 AM . View 1 Replies .
Computer Shut Down And Reboot
My computer seems to reboot all on its own without no warning of a problem. I've replaced processer, memory, harddrives, video card, cpu fans, etc. I can't figure it out.
Posted On: 13-05-2005, 03:44 AM . View 14 Replies .
My computer seems to reboot all on its own without no warning of a problem. I've replaced processer, memory, harddrives, video card, cpu fans, etc. I can't figure it out.
Posted On: 13-05-2005, 03:44 AM . View 14 Replies .
Computer Will Shut Down And Restart Itself
Lately my computer will shut down and restart itself. It will do this at anytime so it doesn't appear to be related to any one task i'm doing. Every time it happens the screen will go black and the computer restarts and once i'm back on the desktop i always get the same error message:
Windows cannot find 'http://oca.microsoft.com/reredir.aspx?Sid=10&bucket=oxa_cmaudio%2b11777&sta te=1&id=4acd04b3-30b1-4321-87cd-adda4910be9b&lcid=1033&os=5. 1. 2600. 2. 00010300. 2. 0. ' make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the start button, and then click search. I haven't a clue what any of this means, except the name "cmaudio" has me thinking my soundcard (c-media cmi8738/c3dx pci card) may be the culprit. The error message also says to make sure i typed the name correctly, but i wasn't typing anything when these errors occured. I have a windows xp home system, p4p800 mobo, intel p4 2. 4ghz cpu, 2 g of kingston pc3200 ram. I run chkdsk and defrag often. I also keep my virus program up to date and scan frequently, along with my two spam programs, spybot and ad-aware. I have everest ultimte edition running in the background so i can always keep an eye on my pc temps and the highest any of my devices ever run is thirty-two degrees. I'm posting here to get some feedback on what could be causing this. I'm thinking i should get a new sound card because of the "cmaudio" in the error message. That card is ancient anyway. I'm going to check the ram and possibly the hds for bad sectors, but i'm pretty sure it's neither of those (both the ram and the hds are brand new).
Posted On: 15-01-2008, 03:10 AM . View 6 Replies .
Lately my computer will shut down and restart itself. It will do this at anytime so it doesn't appear to be related to any one task i'm doing. Every time it happens the screen will go black and the computer restarts and once i'm back on the desktop i always get the same error message:
Windows cannot find 'http://oca.microsoft.com/reredir.aspx?Sid=10&bucket=oxa_cmaudio%2b11777&sta te=1&id=4acd04b3-30b1-4321-87cd-adda4910be9b&lcid=1033&os=5. 1. 2600. 2. 00010300. 2. 0. ' make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the start button, and then click search. I haven't a clue what any of this means, except the name "cmaudio" has me thinking my soundcard (c-media cmi8738/c3dx pci card) may be the culprit. The error message also says to make sure i typed the name correctly, but i wasn't typing anything when these errors occured. I have a windows xp home system, p4p800 mobo, intel p4 2. 4ghz cpu, 2 g of kingston pc3200 ram. I run chkdsk and defrag often. I also keep my virus program up to date and scan frequently, along with my two spam programs, spybot and ad-aware. I have everest ultimte edition running in the background so i can always keep an eye on my pc temps and the highest any of my devices ever run is thirty-two degrees. I'm posting here to get some feedback on what could be causing this. I'm thinking i should get a new sound card because of the "cmaudio" in the error message. That card is ancient anyway. I'm going to check the ram and possibly the hds for bad sectors, but i'm pretty sure it's neither of those (both the ram and the hds are brand new).
Posted On: 15-01-2008, 03:10 AM . View 6 Replies .
Computer Reboots After Shut Down
I just finished a rebuild with a gigabyte ga-g31m-e2sl mobo, antec p180 mini case, and corsair cmpsu-400cx psu. The problem is when i power off, the computer completely turns off, waits a second, then reboots. This happens whether i shut down in windows or do a hard shutdown with the button just after post. I'm pretty sure it's hardware and have already messed with the bios settings. Any ideas?
Posted On: 10-10-2009, 01:11 PM . View 2 Replies .
I just finished a rebuild with a gigabyte ga-g31m-e2sl mobo, antec p180 mini case, and corsair cmpsu-400cx psu. The problem is when i power off, the computer completely turns off, waits a second, then reboots. This happens whether i shut down in windows or do a hard shutdown with the button just after post. I'm pretty sure it's hardware and have already messed with the bios settings. Any ideas?
Posted On: 10-10-2009, 01:11 PM . View 2 Replies .
Computer Shut Off Unexpectedly
It shuts down on it's own every now and then. The computer will still be on, but my monitor screen turns black and the light turns from green to orange. Sometimes my computer will restart itself after a few seconds. I could be designing in photoshop or just talking online - even doing absolutely nothing on it, and without any notice, my computer does what i said above. I've tried to clean it out, but it will still continue to shut off on me. My os is windows xp. I've had this computer for 2-3 years i believe, and had this problem for maybe 2 years? If there's any way to solve this problem, please let me know. It will be appreciated.
Posted On: Jul 09, 2006 . View 26 Replies .
It shuts down on it's own every now and then. The computer will still be on, but my monitor screen turns black and the light turns from green to orange. Sometimes my computer will restart itself after a few seconds. I could be designing in photoshop or just talking online - even doing absolutely nothing on it, and without any notice, my computer does what i said above. I've tried to clean it out, but it will still continue to shut off on me. My os is windows xp. I've had this computer for 2-3 years i believe, and had this problem for maybe 2 years? If there's any way to solve this problem, please let me know. It will be appreciated.
Posted On: Jul 09, 2006 . View 26 Replies .
Computer Suddenly Won't Detect Hard Drives
Ok, so i was installing a new dvd-rw drive i got and it was going good, windows xp recognized it, i was burning stuff. Then nero gives the error "connection interrupted". The drive was stuck and nero froze. So i open my case, make sure all connections are good and reboot. Only this time right after it checks the cd drives to see if it should boot from them, it suddenly starts showing weird symbols scrolling down the screen (like a matrix effect) i have disconnected everything, reconnected, reset cmos, but it still wont detect the hard drives!
Posted On: 07-21-2005, 05:06 PM . View 3 Replies .
Ok, so i was installing a new dvd-rw drive i got and it was going good, windows xp recognized it, i was burning stuff. Then nero gives the error "connection interrupted". The drive was stuck and nero froze. So i open my case, make sure all connections are good and reboot. Only this time right after it checks the cd drives to see if it should boot from them, it suddenly starts showing weird symbols scrolling down the screen (like a matrix effect) i have disconnected everything, reconnected, reset cmos, but it still wont detect the hard drives!
Posted On: 07-21-2005, 05:06 PM . View 3 Replies .
Computer Power / Fans Will Not Shut Off
I have a computer that a customer gave me. The problem is that the fans/power on the computer will not shut off. Windows xp shuts down and the computer gets to the point where the monitor shuts off, but the hdd, cpu fan, psu fan, and power on led all continue to run. I have tried a different psu and that did not fix the problem. I have looked for bios settings, but didn't find anything pertinent. I reconnected the power case cords to the mb to make sure they weren't mixed up. The only way to get the fans to shut off is to turn the black rocker switch off or unplug the cord. However, as soon as you turn it back on or plug the cord in the fans start right back up.
Posted On: July 1st, 2007, 02:29 AM . View 8 Replies .
I have a computer that a customer gave me. The problem is that the fans/power on the computer will not shut off. Windows xp shuts down and the computer gets to the point where the monitor shuts off, but the hdd, cpu fan, psu fan, and power on led all continue to run. I have tried a different psu and that did not fix the problem. I have looked for bios settings, but didn't find anything pertinent. I reconnected the power case cords to the mb to make sure they weren't mixed up. The only way to get the fans to shut off is to turn the black rocker switch off or unplug the cord. However, as soon as you turn it back on or plug the cord in the fans start right back up.
Posted On: July 1st, 2007, 02:29 AM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Stays On For 1 Minute Before It Shut Off
Earlier i moved my computer from one room to another, plugged everything in and turned it on only to find it turned off straight away. Kept trying it and the computer was only staying on for maybe 1 minute maximum before it shut off. First of all i thought that when i moved my pc maybe i knocked the circuit in the psu and it broke, so the psu was failing. I opened it up and checked all the connections, then tried again. Same problem. So after browsing the net for a while i read that a lot of the symptoms associated with ram failure are also present in psu failure. So to test whether it was ram failure i removed one stick of ram, tried it again and got the same problem. I tried the other stick of ram and it booted up and managed to stay up for around 5 minutes before i turned it off, i booted it up again and it stayed up for 5 minutes before i turned it off. At this point i was almost positive it was ram failure, the first stick of ram was failling near on everytime and the second stick was leaving the pc on for as long as i liked, although i never tested it for more than 7-8 minutes. Anyways, then the ram that i thought was working. Stopped working. It started to suffer the same fate as the other stick of ram and was turning off after a few seconds/a minute or two. Because of the inconsistency i had no idea whether i am dealing with a psu problem or a ram problem. I tried running memtest on the stick of ram that initially worked, got halfway through test 4 and the pc shut off. But there were no errors shown up to test 4. It also seemed that in the early stages the longer i left the computer turned off, the longer it'd turn on the next go, which made me think it may be overheating. However all fans work, the psu fan works etc. Right now i'm thinking psu problem, because of the memtest not showing any errors. Oh, i have dual channel ram, and when i run the pc with nothing in channel 1 and a stick in channel 2 the pc keeps restarting, which i presume it should. A few things that crossed my mind:
Reset the bios
Try with new ram altogether
Take it to a shop and try a different psu
What do you think? Oh and this might help:
Current status of each piece of hardware:
First stick of ram: boots, but will power off after a few seconds or a minute. Time varies. Second stick of ram: boots, lasts longer than first stick, but still inevitably powers off. Psu: god knows, could be working (it sends power to everything) but could be failing (random power offs)
Posted On: 06-21-2009, 05:20 PM . View 11 Replies .
Earlier i moved my computer from one room to another, plugged everything in and turned it on only to find it turned off straight away. Kept trying it and the computer was only staying on for maybe 1 minute maximum before it shut off. First of all i thought that when i moved my pc maybe i knocked the circuit in the psu and it broke, so the psu was failing. I opened it up and checked all the connections, then tried again. Same problem. So after browsing the net for a while i read that a lot of the symptoms associated with ram failure are also present in psu failure. So to test whether it was ram failure i removed one stick of ram, tried it again and got the same problem. I tried the other stick of ram and it booted up and managed to stay up for around 5 minutes before i turned it off, i booted it up again and it stayed up for 5 minutes before i turned it off. At this point i was almost positive it was ram failure, the first stick of ram was failling near on everytime and the second stick was leaving the pc on for as long as i liked, although i never tested it for more than 7-8 minutes. Anyways, then the ram that i thought was working. Stopped working. It started to suffer the same fate as the other stick of ram and was turning off after a few seconds/a minute or two. Because of the inconsistency i had no idea whether i am dealing with a psu problem or a ram problem. I tried running memtest on the stick of ram that initially worked, got halfway through test 4 and the pc shut off. But there were no errors shown up to test 4. It also seemed that in the early stages the longer i left the computer turned off, the longer it'd turn on the next go, which made me think it may be overheating. However all fans work, the psu fan works etc. Right now i'm thinking psu problem, because of the memtest not showing any errors. Oh, i have dual channel ram, and when i run the pc with nothing in channel 1 and a stick in channel 2 the pc keeps restarting, which i presume it should. A few things that crossed my mind:
Reset the bios
Try with new ram altogether
Take it to a shop and try a different psu
What do you think? Oh and this might help:
Current status of each piece of hardware:
First stick of ram: boots, but will power off after a few seconds or a minute. Time varies. Second stick of ram: boots, lasts longer than first stick, but still inevitably powers off. Psu: god knows, could be working (it sends power to everything) but could be failing (random power offs)
Posted On: 06-21-2009, 05:20 PM . View 11 Replies .
Computer Won't Shut Down
My brothers pc i notice does not shut down anymore. I press the power button and hold it for 5+ seconds and it still doesn't shut down. The only way to turn it off is to flip the switch on the back of the psu. I am wondering if this is a problem with the psu, mobo or maybe just a software issue? No signs of crashing though in windows. What do you guys think?
Specs of the pc
Case - coolermaster stacker
Psu - enermax noisetaker eg701ax-vw 600w with 35a on the +12v
Mobo - asus a8n-sli premium
Cpu - amd athlon fx-57 2. 8ghz
Ram - ocz gold ddr 2gb (2x1gb)
Video card - 2 x xfx nvidia geforce 7800gtx 256 in sli
Hdd - 1 x wd 74gb raptor 10k drive and 1 x maxtor 250gb ide drive
Optical - sony dvd burner
O/s - windows xp pro
Posted On: 07-13-2009, 03:37 PM . View 12 Replies .
My brothers pc i notice does not shut down anymore. I press the power button and hold it for 5+ seconds and it still doesn't shut down. The only way to turn it off is to flip the switch on the back of the psu. I am wondering if this is a problem with the psu, mobo or maybe just a software issue? No signs of crashing though in windows. What do you guys think?
Specs of the pc
Case - coolermaster stacker
Psu - enermax noisetaker eg701ax-vw 600w with 35a on the +12v
Mobo - asus a8n-sli premium
Cpu - amd athlon fx-57 2. 8ghz
Ram - ocz gold ddr 2gb (2x1gb)
Video card - 2 x xfx nvidia geforce 7800gtx 256 in sli
Hdd - 1 x wd 74gb raptor 10k drive and 1 x maxtor 250gb ide drive
Optical - sony dvd burner
O/s - windows xp pro
Posted On: 07-13-2009, 03:37 PM . View 12 Replies .
Computer Won't Shut Down Properly
One thing i've noticed is that my computer won't shut down properly. I go to shutdown. It starts shutting down as it's supposed to. Then it turns off. After a second or two it turns back on. I had this issue with vista 64bit as well as my current os of windows 7 64bit. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Posted On: 10-30-2009, 10:51 PM . View 4 Replies .
One thing i've noticed is that my computer won't shut down properly. I go to shutdown. It starts shutting down as it's supposed to. Then it turns off. After a second or two it turns back on. I had this issue with vista 64bit as well as my current os of windows 7 64bit. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Posted On: 10-30-2009, 10:51 PM . View 4 Replies .
Computer Not Booting Up
I have a computer with an abit kt-7 motherboard. Right now when i turn it on: the green and red light in the front turn on and stay on, the green light from the cd-rom turns on an stays on, the fan connected to the motherboard does not turn on, nothing comes out in the monitor and there are no beeping sounds. Appreciate your help on trying to troubleshoot what is wrong with my system.
Posted On: February 14th, 2009, 06:46 PM . View 13 Replies .
I have a computer with an abit kt-7 motherboard. Right now when i turn it on: the green and red light in the front turn on and stay on, the green light from the cd-rom turns on an stays on, the fan connected to the motherboard does not turn on, nothing comes out in the monitor and there are no beeping sounds. Appreciate your help on trying to troubleshoot what is wrong with my system.
Posted On: February 14th, 2009, 06:46 PM . View 13 Replies .
Computer Shut Down Due To High Cpu Temperature
Computer causing very high cpu temperatures and computer shutting down, could that psu lead to my cpu getting too hot?
Posted On: 31-07-2005, 03:24 PM . View 14 Replies .
Computer causing very high cpu temperatures and computer shutting down, could that psu lead to my cpu getting too hot?
Posted On: 31-07-2005, 03:24 PM . View 14 Replies .
Computer Shut Off When While Playing Intense Graphics Game
Usually while playing an intense graphics game, my computer will make a click sound and just shut off to a black screen (monitor and computer lights still on but black screen). I usually get this problem about once a night. After reading for months now, over time i have replaced the graphics card to an nvidia geforce 6800 gs from an fx 5200. I also keep my computer case open with a housefan blowing inside (hahaha), so i am pretty sure there is no overheating problem like people suggest a lot, and today, i bought a whole new power supply, upgrading from a 250w to a 400w. I managed to go all evening with no crashes and i thought i fixed it, but just a minute ago, while having wow minimized and playing music, i got the same old click n' crash to a black screen. Basically everything has been replaced since i got this computer about 3 years ago aside from the hdd (120 gb) and processor (athlon xp 2600+) and the motherboard (which i don't know a lot about). If anyone has any ideas as to what's causing this, help please! I am posting this before i go to sleep, and i'll be back to check tomorrow.
Posted On: 26-06-2006, 10:35 AM . View 14 Replies .
Usually while playing an intense graphics game, my computer will make a click sound and just shut off to a black screen (monitor and computer lights still on but black screen). I usually get this problem about once a night. After reading for months now, over time i have replaced the graphics card to an nvidia geforce 6800 gs from an fx 5200. I also keep my computer case open with a housefan blowing inside (hahaha), so i am pretty sure there is no overheating problem like people suggest a lot, and today, i bought a whole new power supply, upgrading from a 250w to a 400w. I managed to go all evening with no crashes and i thought i fixed it, but just a minute ago, while having wow minimized and playing music, i got the same old click n' crash to a black screen. Basically everything has been replaced since i got this computer about 3 years ago aside from the hdd (120 gb) and processor (athlon xp 2600+) and the motherboard (which i don't know a lot about). If anyone has any ideas as to what's causing this, help please! I am posting this before i go to sleep, and i'll be back to check tomorrow.
Posted On: 26-06-2006, 10:35 AM . View 14 Replies .
Random Shut Down, Computer Doesn't Work Now
About 15 minutes ago my computer just randomly shut down. I preceeded to reboot it and when it got to the 2nd bios screen it says boot record ide-0. Ok or something like that, and from there on nothing else boots or goes or works for that matter it just stays there. Did my drive die?
Posted On: 03-31-2004, 03:53 PM . View 4 Replies .
About 15 minutes ago my computer just randomly shut down. I preceeded to reboot it and when it got to the 2nd bios screen it says boot record ide-0. Ok or something like that, and from there on nothing else boots or goes or works for that matter it just stays there. Did my drive die?
Posted On: 03-31-2004, 03:53 PM . View 4 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shut Off, Needs Cmos Reset To Boot Again
To further explain the topic title, the machine (in sig) will randomly just shut off for no reason while it's on, or just "die" while it's off and refuse to power back on at all - no fans spinning, no post, no nothing, until i perform a cmos reset. Flipping the psu switch on and off does nothing to help the problem either. Whenever the system "dies" the clock in bios and windows will freeze and consequently display the time of death when i'm able to boot the machine up again. This started happening around monday afternoon. Current os is windows 7 since i ended up reformatting anyway trying to fix this issue - all of a sudden my legitimate windows xp claimed i had "major hardware changes" and thus needed to re-activate wga. I ended up installing a diagnostic program of some sort from at&t to figure out what was going on with m dsl connection at the same since that wasn't working either right before the restart that gave me the wga failure prompt (and i couldn't validate because of the dsl being dead at the time), and i'm certainly hoping that program had nothing to do with this. Last thing i was doing before that was just memtesting ram which didn't get any errors overnight. The red led light on the motherboard is still active as long as the switch on the psu is turned on. I can still change the clock in bios/windows after reviving the system with a cmos reset and it'll continue to work as normal. The time it takes to die again can be anywhere from 4 hours to about 20 hours as of what i've experienced so far. Only spare parts i have left is some more ram so i'll be switching that out now and hoping for the best, but in the event that doesn't work, does anyone have suggestions on possible culprits and fixes?
Posted On: 05-06-2009, 10:31 PM . View 6 Replies .
To further explain the topic title, the machine (in sig) will randomly just shut off for no reason while it's on, or just "die" while it's off and refuse to power back on at all - no fans spinning, no post, no nothing, until i perform a cmos reset. Flipping the psu switch on and off does nothing to help the problem either. Whenever the system "dies" the clock in bios and windows will freeze and consequently display the time of death when i'm able to boot the machine up again. This started happening around monday afternoon. Current os is windows 7 since i ended up reformatting anyway trying to fix this issue - all of a sudden my legitimate windows xp claimed i had "major hardware changes" and thus needed to re-activate wga. I ended up installing a diagnostic program of some sort from at&t to figure out what was going on with m dsl connection at the same since that wasn't working either right before the restart that gave me the wga failure prompt (and i couldn't validate because of the dsl being dead at the time), and i'm certainly hoping that program had nothing to do with this. Last thing i was doing before that was just memtesting ram which didn't get any errors overnight. The red led light on the motherboard is still active as long as the switch on the psu is turned on. I can still change the clock in bios/windows after reviving the system with a cmos reset and it'll continue to work as normal. The time it takes to die again can be anywhere from 4 hours to about 20 hours as of what i've experienced so far. Only spare parts i have left is some more ram so i'll be switching that out now and hoping for the best, but in the event that doesn't work, does anyone have suggestions on possible culprits and fixes?
Posted On: 05-06-2009, 10:31 PM . View 6 Replies .
Computer Shut Down Unexpectedly After Connect To External Drive
Why does my computer shut down unexpectedly after connect to my external drive?
Answer:-
Is this happening only with the front usb ports? Did you try connecting the drive to the backside usb ports? Check if your drive works on other computers. It may be drawing too much current causing a shutdown. You can try using a usb hub to connect the drive to your computer and see if it works this way.
Posted On: 3 months ago . View 2 Replies .
Why does my computer shut down unexpectedly after connect to my external drive?
Answer:-
Is this happening only with the front usb ports? Did you try connecting the drive to the backside usb ports? Check if your drive works on other computers. It may be drawing too much current causing a shutdown. You can try using a usb hub to connect the drive to your computer and see if it works this way.
Posted On: 3 months ago . View 2 Replies .
Booting From Cd Shuts Off The Computer
Whenever i boot from my windows xp pro cd to reinstall the os it shuts off the computer completely at a certain point. I'm not sure if it is time related, but it shuts off right around the screen that it asks where to install xp. However, ubuntu 7 and windows vista are fine. They install and startup without a hitch. So what's the deal with xp? Could it perhaps be a problem with my cd or is it something else? The computer original ran xp back when i bought it in november 2006. I've seen this problem across the net but none seemed to propose an answer. I don't really think it would be a hardware problem if xp is the only one that has done this. Please note, this is not the first time i have reinstalled xp (i have installed it before successfully, this is the very first time i have had problems like this).
Posted On: August 9th, 2007, 12:13 AM . View 13 Replies .
Whenever i boot from my windows xp pro cd to reinstall the os it shuts off the computer completely at a certain point. I'm not sure if it is time related, but it shuts off right around the screen that it asks where to install xp. However, ubuntu 7 and windows vista are fine. They install and startup without a hitch. So what's the deal with xp? Could it perhaps be a problem with my cd or is it something else? The computer original ran xp back when i bought it in november 2006. I've seen this problem across the net but none seemed to propose an answer. I don't really think it would be a hardware problem if xp is the only one that has done this. Please note, this is not the first time i have reinstalled xp (i have installed it before successfully, this is the very first time i have had problems like this).
Posted On: August 9th, 2007, 12:13 AM . View 13 Replies .
Computer Shuts Down While Booting
My desktop is about 4 years old. A friend had built it himself, but was no longer using it about 2 years ago. I have an abit bw7-raid motherboard:
http://www.Abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?Categories=1&model=73
I have a gigabyte of ram, a seagate scsi hd, among other things. I got home one night (may be 3 weeks ago) & discovered that there was a power outage. The desktop was completely shut down. My desktop is connected to a surge protector, but who knows, may be a power surge got to it. I hit the power button & the machine booted up fine. Anyways. About a week later, i came home to find the desktop completely shut down. There were no signs of another power outage. I turned the desktop back on, but it had shut itself off again in the middle of the night. And that's when all the trouble started. The next morning. And ever since then, i keep having to hit the power button multiple times (anywhere b/n once to over a dozen times) before the desktop would boot up properly. Usually, the machine shuts itself down completely w/in 5 seconds after i hit the power button to turn it back on. No weird beeping patterns on the initial boot up. At first, i thought it was a psu problem. I went out & got a new psu, a masterpower 350watt atx from compusa. Unfortunately, the new psu didn't solve the problem. Exact same problem (shutting down completely w/in 5 seconds) kept happening. I've since shoved the old psu back in & returned the new one. I also got a can of compressed air & "dusted" out the dust bunnies (a suggestion i saw in another thread). The computer actually booted up properly after i "dusted" out the insides (this was after about a dozen failed attempts), but it then shut itself off about 12 hours later. I've also tugged on the wires & boards after the computer boots up properly, but can't seem to get it to shut down while doing that (another suggestion from another thread). Lately, i've been messing w/it more. Before, the desktop would stay on (after repeated button pushing) for about 12 hours before it would shut itself down. But now. It will stay on for maybe 10 minutes or so. Sometimes 30 if i'm lucky. Most of the time, any folders or applications i have open would simply close & the computer would simply shut down completely. I have seen it. Hmm. "Properly" shut itself down (for lack of better words) twice. One time, the computer got to the log in screen during boot up. When suddenly, it said "windows is shutting down". I stared at the screen & a few seconds later, the computer had shut itself down. Another time, i was chatting on wow. When suddenly wow closed & the computer said "windows is shutting down" a few seconds later, fall down & go boom. I tried looking for damaged capacitors (another suggestion i saw in yet another thread). I haven't had time to yank everything out so as to look more thoroughly, however. I will try that next week after my research paper is done. Hmm. What else. Oh! Under cmos setup, (not sure of the exact wording here) the cpu heat warning, cpu heat shutdown, and cpu fan warning were all already "disabled. " All my fans are working, by the way (including the cpu fan). I even put more. What's it called. Cpu grease (?) On the cpu/heatsink (i was grasping at straws. Hehe). But the problem persists. Well. I know how to put computers together (an amateur at it, though), but i am not very good at troubleshooting hardware. Oh, i don't know if it matters, but a while back, i was having problems & it turned out to be a bad ram chip (used memtest to isolate the problem back then). I've since replaced that bad ram chip.
Posted On: 09-Oct-2006 . View 20 Replies .
My desktop is about 4 years old. A friend had built it himself, but was no longer using it about 2 years ago. I have an abit bw7-raid motherboard:
http://www.Abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?Categories=1&model=73
I have a gigabyte of ram, a seagate scsi hd, among other things. I got home one night (may be 3 weeks ago) & discovered that there was a power outage. The desktop was completely shut down. My desktop is connected to a surge protector, but who knows, may be a power surge got to it. I hit the power button & the machine booted up fine. Anyways. About a week later, i came home to find the desktop completely shut down. There were no signs of another power outage. I turned the desktop back on, but it had shut itself off again in the middle of the night. And that's when all the trouble started. The next morning. And ever since then, i keep having to hit the power button multiple times (anywhere b/n once to over a dozen times) before the desktop would boot up properly. Usually, the machine shuts itself down completely w/in 5 seconds after i hit the power button to turn it back on. No weird beeping patterns on the initial boot up. At first, i thought it was a psu problem. I went out & got a new psu, a masterpower 350watt atx from compusa. Unfortunately, the new psu didn't solve the problem. Exact same problem (shutting down completely w/in 5 seconds) kept happening. I've since shoved the old psu back in & returned the new one. I also got a can of compressed air & "dusted" out the dust bunnies (a suggestion i saw in another thread). The computer actually booted up properly after i "dusted" out the insides (this was after about a dozen failed attempts), but it then shut itself off about 12 hours later. I've also tugged on the wires & boards after the computer boots up properly, but can't seem to get it to shut down while doing that (another suggestion from another thread). Lately, i've been messing w/it more. Before, the desktop would stay on (after repeated button pushing) for about 12 hours before it would shut itself down. But now. It will stay on for maybe 10 minutes or so. Sometimes 30 if i'm lucky. Most of the time, any folders or applications i have open would simply close & the computer would simply shut down completely. I have seen it. Hmm. "Properly" shut itself down (for lack of better words) twice. One time, the computer got to the log in screen during boot up. When suddenly, it said "windows is shutting down". I stared at the screen & a few seconds later, the computer had shut itself down. Another time, i was chatting on wow. When suddenly wow closed & the computer said "windows is shutting down" a few seconds later, fall down & go boom. I tried looking for damaged capacitors (another suggestion i saw in yet another thread). I haven't had time to yank everything out so as to look more thoroughly, however. I will try that next week after my research paper is done. Hmm. What else. Oh! Under cmos setup, (not sure of the exact wording here) the cpu heat warning, cpu heat shutdown, and cpu fan warning were all already "disabled. " All my fans are working, by the way (including the cpu fan). I even put more. What's it called. Cpu grease (?) On the cpu/heatsink (i was grasping at straws. Hehe). But the problem persists. Well. I know how to put computers together (an amateur at it, though), but i am not very good at troubleshooting hardware. Oh, i don't know if it matters, but a while back, i was having problems & it turned out to be a bad ram chip (used memtest to isolate the problem back then). I've since replaced that bad ram chip.
Posted On: 09-Oct-2006 . View 20 Replies .
Computer Not Booting Into Xp After Overclocking
Ok so recently my hdd has been playing up. It use to be fine i would shut down and boot up fine, although i only rebooted after installing something otherwise it was on almost 24/7. However, during one of my recent boot ups, after overclocking a bit (i was trying out fsb200 with lower multipliers), it just froze after the xp logo came up. It would freeze to just a black screen. Even after setting back to my normal settings of fsb185 it would still go to a black screen. I had to reboot in safemode and set checkdisk and then reboot after checking for about an hour it would then boot to the log in screen fine. (Also at the fsb185 setting no errors were found in prime95 and no errors were found with memtest when run for a long time, so i assumed that it was stable)
Also i am using 2 matrox 7200 sata drives in raid 0. I had my computer on all the time with the power settings to never turn anything off except the monitor. It is 15 months old i has been on 24/7 about 14 of those months. I usually leave it on to fold or when i am memtesting it or prime95-ing it for stability after i overclock. My comp is currently at fsb185 2800+ barton from fsb166 @ 1. 775v (but in the bios it reads as 1. 8 and in mbm5 it also reads as 1. 8). I have a 420w 2themax power supply with 18a on the 12v rail. My ram is valueram kingston ddr400 3200 (2x256mb) cl3.
Posted On: February 28th 2005 . View 2 Replies .
Ok so recently my hdd has been playing up. It use to be fine i would shut down and boot up fine, although i only rebooted after installing something otherwise it was on almost 24/7. However, during one of my recent boot ups, after overclocking a bit (i was trying out fsb200 with lower multipliers), it just froze after the xp logo came up. It would freeze to just a black screen. Even after setting back to my normal settings of fsb185 it would still go to a black screen. I had to reboot in safemode and set checkdisk and then reboot after checking for about an hour it would then boot to the log in screen fine. (Also at the fsb185 setting no errors were found in prime95 and no errors were found with memtest when run for a long time, so i assumed that it was stable)
Also i am using 2 matrox 7200 sata drives in raid 0. I had my computer on all the time with the power settings to never turn anything off except the monitor. It is 15 months old i has been on 24/7 about 14 of those months. I usually leave it on to fold or when i am memtesting it or prime95-ing it for stability after i overclock. My comp is currently at fsb185 2800+ barton from fsb166 @ 1. 775v (but in the bios it reads as 1. 8 and in mbm5 it also reads as 1. 8). I have a 420w 2themax power supply with 18a on the 12v rail. My ram is valueram kingston ddr400 3200 (2x256mb) cl3.
Posted On: February 28th 2005 . View 2 Replies .
Error Booting New Computer
I'm currently attempting to build a computer for the first time. I bought all of the parts:
Processor: intel pentium d 805 smithfield
Motherboard: intel boxd945gntl socket t (lga 775) intel 945g atx
Hard drive: western digital caviar se16 wd2500ks 250gb
Memory: corsair 512mb 240-pin ddr2 sdram unbuffered ddr2 667 (pc2 5300)
Dvd rom drive: benq black burner
I received all of the parts and began assembling. Everything seems to be in place, however when i boot up the machine there are four beeps. The machine begins to load up the bios, and then it just shuts down. Does anyone have any idea as to why this might be happening? Thanks.
Posted On: July 8th 2006 . View 5 Replies .
I'm currently attempting to build a computer for the first time. I bought all of the parts:
Processor: intel pentium d 805 smithfield
Motherboard: intel boxd945gntl socket t (lga 775) intel 945g atx
Hard drive: western digital caviar se16 wd2500ks 250gb
Memory: corsair 512mb 240-pin ddr2 sdram unbuffered ddr2 667 (pc2 5300)
Dvd rom drive: benq black burner
I received all of the parts and began assembling. Everything seems to be in place, however when i boot up the machine there are four beeps. The machine begins to load up the bios, and then it just shuts down. Does anyone have any idea as to why this might be happening? Thanks.
Posted On: July 8th 2006 . View 5 Replies .
Optical Mouse Light Doesn't Shut Off When Computer Is Off
I just got a new computer with an optical mouse. When the computer shuts off, it goes into sort of a sleep mode, but the optical mouse light doesn't shut off. Is it ok for it to be on? I believe it is an led and they dont' really burn out frequently.
Posted On: 30-09-2003, 01:58 AM . View 2 Replies .
I just got a new computer with an optical mouse. When the computer shuts off, it goes into sort of a sleep mode, but the optical mouse light doesn't shut off. Is it ok for it to be on? I believe it is an led and they dont' really burn out frequently.
Posted On: 30-09-2003, 01:58 AM . View 2 Replies .
Computer Shut Down When Playing Highly Intense Graphic Game
While playing a highly intense graphic game, the computer decided to shut down. Not soon after the smell of melting plastic permeated the room. We knew it was bad, and just let the computer rest, unplugged it from its ac source, and hoped for the best. About an hour later we booted it up again, and the tower fan started running (easily seen on the side of the case), and everything was working as it should, booting up, logging onto windows, even got to see the desktop for like a couple of seconds. And then, it shut down. You could still smell the nasty melting plastic, but that mighta just been a residual smell.
Posted On: September 23rd, 2006, 06:15 PM . View 1 Replies .
While playing a highly intense graphic game, the computer decided to shut down. Not soon after the smell of melting plastic permeated the room. We knew it was bad, and just let the computer rest, unplugged it from its ac source, and hoped for the best. About an hour later we booted it up again, and the tower fan started running (easily seen on the side of the case), and everything was working as it should, booting up, logging onto windows, even got to see the desktop for like a couple of seconds. And then, it shut down. You could still smell the nasty melting plastic, but that mighta just been a residual smell.
Posted On: September 23rd, 2006, 06:15 PM . View 1 Replies .
Brand New Computer Error When Booting
I just built a 3800+ x2 and im running a sata hd and a secondary ide hd and it worked for 1 day and the next day i go to turn it on it gives me this paragraph error that i have never seen before. Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.could not read from the selected boot disk. Check both path and disk hardware. Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information. Has anyone seen this kind of error before ?
Posted On: July 21st, 2006, 01:38 AM . View 8 Replies .
I just built a 3800+ x2 and im running a sata hd and a secondary ide hd and it worked for 1 day and the next day i go to turn it on it gives me this paragraph error that i have never seen before. Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.could not read from the selected boot disk. Check both path and disk hardware. Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information. Has anyone seen this kind of error before ?
Posted On: July 21st, 2006, 01:38 AM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Locks Up Halfway Through Booting Up
I'm having a problem booting my computer up. I'm computer literate, but the stuff that goes on behind the scenes are a mystery to me. I have an everex explorer rs2800 with windows xp home edition. It starts out fine, shows a grey 'everex' screen, then goes to the black screen with white text. It runs through the normal procedure, "verifying dmi pool data . ", "Boot from cd :" and then "[rcv_mbr]press f10/r to recovery system . " And then it stops dead with the cursor flashing on the line below. At this point pressing f10 does nothing. I left the computer like this and waited-once for over 8 hours. Nothing changed. If i reboot, holding f10 before the last line comes up, it takes me to the recovery system, which works through a few things and then gives me an error message:
System recovery-confirm
Failed to create user partition, we can create the partition via the stored
Dpt data by the first recovery process. Note: this will cause data loss if you have made any partition operation
After the pc is shipped to you. By clicking 'ok' we will perform this dangerous operation. If you are not
Sure, please click 'cancel' to stop the recovery process. I'm not sure if i have made any partition operation (although, seeing as i have no idea what one is, it's hugely unlikely) so i click cancel. I have a lot of important stuff on my computer and the last thing i want is to lose it all. Yeah, i have backups of most of it, but still. Clicking 'cancel' brings up another error message:
Critic error report
Partition creation failed with error code 0
Recovery cannot continue!
Press "ok" to reboot. Pressing 'ok' takes me through the startup and back to where i was in the first paragraph above. There was nothing new, as far as i know, installed that might have caused this. The computer was working fine on friday morning. I shut the computer down because we had an impending storm (and where i live the power can be knocked out by a heavy sneeze) and when i switched it back on friday evening, this happened. In frustration i tried clicking 'ok' to creating a new partition. The computer hesitated, then informed me that the computer needed to reboot to continue. It rebooted, and hung up at exactly the same spot as above.going through the same process to get back to the recovery programme gives me that same error message, followed by another request to reboot. I'm going 'round in circles. At least i still have my netbook to ask this question.
Posted On: 06-13-2010 . View 1 Replies .
I'm having a problem booting my computer up. I'm computer literate, but the stuff that goes on behind the scenes are a mystery to me. I have an everex explorer rs2800 with windows xp home edition. It starts out fine, shows a grey 'everex' screen, then goes to the black screen with white text. It runs through the normal procedure, "verifying dmi pool data . ", "Boot from cd :" and then "[rcv_mbr]press f10/r to recovery system . " And then it stops dead with the cursor flashing on the line below. At this point pressing f10 does nothing. I left the computer like this and waited-once for over 8 hours. Nothing changed. If i reboot, holding f10 before the last line comes up, it takes me to the recovery system, which works through a few things and then gives me an error message:
System recovery-confirm
Failed to create user partition, we can create the partition via the stored
Dpt data by the first recovery process. Note: this will cause data loss if you have made any partition operation
After the pc is shipped to you. By clicking 'ok' we will perform this dangerous operation. If you are not
Sure, please click 'cancel' to stop the recovery process. I'm not sure if i have made any partition operation (although, seeing as i have no idea what one is, it's hugely unlikely) so i click cancel. I have a lot of important stuff on my computer and the last thing i want is to lose it all. Yeah, i have backups of most of it, but still. Clicking 'cancel' brings up another error message:
Critic error report
Partition creation failed with error code 0
Recovery cannot continue!
Press "ok" to reboot. Pressing 'ok' takes me through the startup and back to where i was in the first paragraph above. There was nothing new, as far as i know, installed that might have caused this. The computer was working fine on friday morning. I shut the computer down because we had an impending storm (and where i live the power can be knocked out by a heavy sneeze) and when i switched it back on friday evening, this happened. In frustration i tried clicking 'ok' to creating a new partition. The computer hesitated, then informed me that the computer needed to reboot to continue. It rebooted, and hung up at exactly the same spot as above.going through the same process to get back to the recovery programme gives me that same error message, followed by another request to reboot. I'm going 'round in circles. At least i still have my netbook to ask this question.
Posted On: 06-13-2010 . View 1 Replies .
Computer Not Booting, Monitor Blank, No Beeps
I having trouble booting my computer, when i turn on my computer there no beeps, the monitor is blank, all the fans are running at full power, the power and hdd led are both on, my dvd-rw has power but my dvd-rom does not (the dvd-rom is new got it two days ago), optical mouse light up, no light on the keyboard, all the hardware looks fine, i took every thing out of the motherboard blow out dust then put the cpu, memory and video card back on and try booting it and the same thing happens no beeps and blank screen. I then reconnect every but did not connect the ide cable to the dvd-rom and try booting it and the same thing happens but this time the dvd-rom has power. I’m not sure if it’s the motherboard, the power supply, the cpu or the memory.
Posted On: February 6th, 2006, 09:47 AM . View 5 Replies .
I having trouble booting my computer, when i turn on my computer there no beeps, the monitor is blank, all the fans are running at full power, the power and hdd led are both on, my dvd-rw has power but my dvd-rom does not (the dvd-rom is new got it two days ago), optical mouse light up, no light on the keyboard, all the hardware looks fine, i took every thing out of the motherboard blow out dust then put the cpu, memory and video card back on and try booting it and the same thing happens no beeps and blank screen. I then reconnect every but did not connect the ide cable to the dvd-rom and try booting it and the same thing happens but this time the dvd-rom has power. I’m not sure if it’s the motherboard, the power supply, the cpu or the memory.
Posted On: February 6th, 2006, 09:47 AM . View 5 Replies .