My old case came with a junk PSU, and any time the voltage dropped my computer would cold boot.
I bought an aftermarket PSU and this went away as well. After a couple years that died, so in emergency I put the OLD one in until I could go to the store. It still had its problem of cold-booting the computer randomly. Heh.
My old case came with a junk PSU, and any time the voltage dropped my computer would cold boot.
I bought an aftermarket PSU and this went away as well. After a couple years that died, so in emergency I put the OLD one in until I could go to the store. It still had its problem of cold-booting the computer randomly. Heh.
problem ocurred with old and new cpu...and its not a reboot...just a shut down...computer manages to stay on forever though when in BIOS and Safe Mode...which confuses me further...
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Bop wrote:
Ryoko wrote:
Have you looked into the PSU at all?
My old case came with a junk PSU, and any time the voltage dropped my computer would cold boot.
I bought an aftermarket PSU and this went away as well. After a couple years that died, so in emergency I put the OLD one in until I could go to the store. It still had its problem of cold-booting the computer randomly. Heh.
problem ocurred with old and new cpu...and its not a reboot...just a shut down...computer manages to stay on forever though when in BIOS and Safe Mode...which confuses me further...
Argghhh.. then i assume your OS is farked up format for the win
My old case came with a junk PSU, and any time the voltage dropped my computer would cold boot.
I bought an aftermarket PSU and this went away as well. After a couple years that died, so in emergency I put the OLD one in until I could go to the store. It still had its problem of cold-booting the computer randomly. Heh.
problem ocurred with old and new cpu...and its not a reboot...just a shut down...computer manages to stay on forever though when in BIOS and Safe Mode...which confuses me further...
Argghhh.. then i assume your OS is farked up format for the win
Theres many internet worms that shut down your comp minutes after its on. They dont load in safemode (and can be removed from your system folders in safe mode). This was a pandemic some couple years ago, even at work we had computers shutting themselves off.
Outside of that, if not the case then you've got some hardware problem, or drivers doing this.
A fried video card or corrupt drivers / directx drivers can kill your comp. I fried my card overclocking it too hard (and blew 5 capacitors on it) worked fine until I ran any kind of game or diagnostic. Then the comp would die.
Bad ram, maybe
Bad PUS, definetly
Heat issues definetly; and in bios screen or safe mode your comp isnt working very hard
Theres many internet worms that shut down your comp minutes after its on. They dont load in safemode (and can be removed from your system folders in safe mode). This was a pandemic some couple years ago, even at work we had computers shutting themselves off.
Outside of that, if not the case then you've got some hardware problem, or drivers doing this.
A fried video card or corrupt drivers / directx drivers can kill your comp. I fried my card overclocking it too hard (and blew 5 capacitors on it) worked fine until I ran any kind of game or diagnostic. Then the comp would die.
Bad ram, maybe
Bad PUS, definetly
Heat issues definetly; and in bios screen or safe mode your comp isnt working very hard
occurs in windows and linux...so not related to software..RAM...2 sticks..tried 1 at a time...problem persists...old psu...still occurring...new psu...still occurring...replaced thermal paste, cleaned heat sink etc...problem persists (temp remains below 45C at all times as far as i checked)...tried running it bare bone (just cpu+vid card+ram+hdd)..still didnt work...=(
haha, tried it with a new hard drive? seems like the only option you haven't done yet. Besides, running a friends hard drive will ensure for certain that it cant be software related or a hard drive related error, as both linux and xp may be having the same issues ( despite how rare that may be, but its still something you need to eliminate ).
haha, tried it with a new hard drive? seems like the only option you haven't done yet. Besides, running a friends hard drive will ensure for certain that it cant be software related or a hard drive related error, as both linux and xp may be having the same issues ( despite how rare that may be, but its still something you need to eliminate ).
ran it w/o hard drive...tried jump drive...problem not solved =(
Guess that leaves you with mobo / vid card then, if even bare bones wouldnt boot it.
yea my guess is that its the motherboard...but if i replace the motherboard ill have to buy a new cpu...since im running P4 ><...dont think that P4 CPU and P4 compatible motherboards are sold anymore.
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format for the win 
Punisher FTW
