3
Years ago
NH - My Computer Turns Itself Off
I have a computer that is about 2 years old. Everything runs fine on it, and it doesn't have any viruses, but there's one problem - it randomly turns itself off.
I'll turn it on, everything will be normal, and then about 15 minutes later, it'll just turn itself off, just as though someone flicked an off switch. When I turn it on again, it'll run until just before the login screen, where it'll reset itself. It'll then run until just before the login screen again, until which time it'll then turn itself off again.
I've figured out that after this, I can leave it for about 6-7 minutes, turn it on again, and it'll work. But then, after about another 30-40 minutes, it'll turn itself off again, with the break needed before it works again being about 15 minutes.
I know it might seem a bit ridiculous to need to be using your computer for hours at a tme uninterupted, but sometimes I want to leave my computer on to listen to music, or to watch a DVD, to chat to friends on MSN, or even write up an assignment, and this obviously interrupts it.
I don't play games on my computer, or run any programs that would cause any problems as far as I can tell. My 80GB hard drive is barely 1/2 full as well. It doesn't really seem to be overheating or anything. I'm not real knowledgeable on the technical side of computers, so I haven't fiddled with anything there to cause this as far as I can tell.
Can someone with a bit of computer knowledge possibly please assist me with this very annoying problem?
