EEVILMURRAY Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 My Pc has started just shutting off by itself. The monitor stops recieving anything. The light stays on the tower. I end up having to press the reset button. There's nothing on the power saving settings that would turn it off. I have just switched hard drives. Might this have something to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Maybe the power supply is going at it's limit, or is braking down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Is it hot with you (outside) at the moment? Something inside could be overheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fields Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I would actually like to know the answer to this, as my PC does exactly the same. All the lights stay on and everything, it just doesn't seem to output anything to the monitor. I gave up on it long ago, but if there is a solution, I'd love to know it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Laguna| Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I would actually like to know the answer to this, as my PC does exactly the same. All the lights stay on and everything, it just doesn't seem to output anything to the monitor. I gave up on it long ago, but if there is a solution, I'd love to know it I used to have this also, but I'm near to certain that is nothing to do with the computer as after I had moved house this never happend again. So maybe something to do with electricity supplies? That said, I don't really know too much on electrics so maybe just check like the extension leads or plugs that connect stuff to the eletricity. Or maybe as someone said, it could be heat as it has been ruddy hot this Summer. Does it still happen in Winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiemetriX Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 It's probably Heat or it's not getting enough power. If you think it's heat try getting a Heat monotring program. My PC turns off on hot days if I use the DVD drives. If it's heat it shouldn't happen in Winter. But it depends on what cooling equipment you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 lol my pc just had done this, before i came here, it shut down to the point where the lights were still on, but my monitor still recieved image and all it said was Windows is shutting down. in the logon screen place. made me mad i was working on something:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Had problems with my PC overheating recently too - tends to be while playing a game or something. It'll freeze or shut down, then sometimes not allow itself to be turned on till it's been unplugged for a bit. Try taking the side off your PC. If that doesn't work, get a deskfan and point it into the case. If it's still overheating, throw buckets of ice water into the machine at regular intervals. (Note, one of these is a lie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 i dont know if its overheating because i havent played games on my pc for the longest time i just reformated it, so i've just been installing stuff. i did leave it on for a while since i kept falling asleep but it should be efficint enough for a few days of being on, and its freezing here, it aint warm thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=NukeBlaze= Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 i would say power, heat, etc. But there is also a matter of power management and drivers, especially video drivers. If the BIOS power management is set incorrectly, Standby can put your computer into a coma, screen saver could send brimstone of blue hell, and all of the TV specials would be cancled. Well...maybe not that far, but ti can be pretty bad. I would jump into to see if ACPI 2.0 is at least enbled, and all other power bios functions are "disabled" if they are by default. PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR IDE DRIVE JUMPERS AND DRIVE POSITIONS ARE PLUG INTO THE CORRECT POSITION OR YOU WILL HAVE SYSTEM STABLITY PROBLEMS. The end of the cable is master only. So, don;t set the end of the IDE cable as slave with the jumper and hope for the best. Also, if you have a single drive on an IDE cable, make sure it is on the end connector and set for Cable select "CS". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Chris Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I'm also going with overheating, my laptops started doing it recently with the increase in temperatures, i think theres a bit of dust in my case thats preventing the heat getting out efficiently. if yours is a desktop, try opening it up and getting rid of a bit of the dust that builds up, also move it away from a wall, so cool air can get in easily. Even if you havent been playing games, your room temperatures probabl rose a good few kelvin, so that redced temperature difference between inside and outsidemight be enough to cause overheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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