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DK412

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For about a couple of weeks now, my computer has been putting itself into hibernation or turns itself off, and when i try and turn it back on it'll turn on for about a second and turn off again, i have to leave it for about a minute and then turn it on or it'll just repeat this constantly. I've found that if i play games such as WoW then it'll turn off sooner than if i just go on msn etc, But it still does it it just takes much longer to do so. I cleaned it out yesterday, cleared it off dust etc but it still does it, would anyone have any idea of what the problem could be? thankyou
 

Oopsie

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Open the case, turn it on and see if there are any fan and/or led malfunction indications (dont't touch anything inside when it's on just to be safe). Also go into your BIOS setup menu at startup and monitor the temperatures of the CPU and MoBo. If they rise quickly and/or if some fans are not working, it's probably a cooling malfunction.

Did you replace any parts lately?
 

DK412

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Oopsie said:
Open the case, turn it on and see if there are any fan and/or led malfunction indications (dont't touch anything inside when it's on just to be safe). Also go into your BIOS setup menu at startup and monitor the temperatures of the CPU and MoBo. If they rise quickly and/or if some fans are not working, it's probably a cooling malfunction.

Did you replace any parts lately?
Nah I haven't replaced anything lately. I've yet to do what you've said, but when I give it a try I'll tell you the results, thankyou :)
 

Boober the Pig

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This might be an over heating problem or too much strain on the power supply. Turn off and unplug your power supply, find the bios battery, its the small watch battery on your mother board. Take it out for 30 seconds the put it back in and start the machine up again. This will make it "forget" previous problems and if it was a temporary but unresolved problem it should go away. If it happens again, make sure all the fans are working and think about upgrading your power supply.
 

Oopsie

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DK412 said:
Nah I haven't replaced anything lately. I've yet to do what you've said, but when I give it a try I'll tell you the results, thankyou :)
Please do. If these results come back negative, try looking on your MoBo for ruptured capacitarors. In addition to this, it could also be your PSU dying on you.
 

Overlord_Dave

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Sounds you've got a duff PSU or a virus. Try re-installing windows. That solves a lot of PC problems.
 

DK412

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Oopsie said:
Open the case, turn it on and see if there are any fan and/or led malfunction indications (dont't touch anything inside when it's on just to be safe). Also go into your BIOS setup menu at startup and monitor the temperatures of the CPU and MoBo. If they rise quickly and/or if some fans are not working, it's probably a cooling malfunction.

Did you replace any parts lately?


I have it on and i've opened it up, the fan is working, and i cant see any obvious flashing lights, in fact i cant see any. How would i go into my BIOS setup menu and monitor those things? XD I'm not exactly completely clued up. aha
 

DK412

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Boober the Pig said:
This might be an over heating problem or too much strain on the power supply. Turn off and unplug your power supply, find the bios battery, its the small watch battery on your mother board. Take it out for 30 seconds the put it back in and start the machine up again. This will make it "forget" previous problems and if it was a temporary but unresolved problem it should go away. If it happens again, make sure all the fans are working and think about upgrading your power supply.

I took out the battery, and so far it seems to have worked, thankyou very much. If I have any problems again in the near future i'll ask everyone again
 

DK412

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I retract my previous statement, after an hour and a half, it once again crashed.. (N)