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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: wpeters on August 20, 2014, 10:27:52 AM

Title: Computer Trouble
Post by: wpeters on August 20, 2014, 10:27:52 AM

I have been having some problems with my computer.  It seems that all of sudden it will shut down on me like some turned the power off.  After 5-10 minutes you can start it up and it will run fine for a  little while and then just shut down ... Any suggestion on what maybe wrong with it.

Title: Re: Computer Trouble
Post by: The Fugitive on August 20, 2014, 10:33:46 AM

Check your fans.  Make sure they are running and the heat sinks are not clogged with dust.

Title: Re: Computer Trouble
Post by: Bizman on August 20, 2014, 11:14:19 AM

Yepp, the symptoms are typical for an overheating system. Fans, heat sinks, power supply, video card (if it's a boxed one with a hidden heat sink). Other than heat, it may be a cold join in your motherboard chips - which also is a heat related problem but of another kind. They mostly seem to occur in laptops though.

Title: Re: Computer Trouble
Post by: wpeters on August 20, 2014, 01:30:19 PM

Thanks guys will check it out