Shutdown problems

[oz_wwjd]

My computer of late has been shutting itself down at intervals and I have no idea why it does this.Could I get some help into figuring out how to STOP it doing it, it's getting irritating.System config report attached to this email.

[Draconis]

Hmmmm,

Couple of things.


First of all, and yes I know this sounds stupid, check the plug and make sure it connects solidly and isn't loose etc.

Second, try and place when and where the system shuts down. Does it shut down completley? Does it reboot? Do devices fail intermittently?

If you can lock down a specific constant event when the system shuts down, this helps.

Either it's overheating and shutting itself down because the case is choked with dust and nothing can breathe or the case isn't getting enough air flow to properly dissipate the heat.....

Or.....

Your power supply could be bad and that could be why the system is shutting down. Usually though with a bad power supply you moreso experience system reboots or intermittent device failures etc.


However, more information is needed. In a case like this, Direct X diags only tells me what your system is running, which in my view according to what I see, your system is mostly on board utilized stuff. I.E, sound things like that.

Which should'nt drain the power supply much. My bet is your case needs to be cleaned out or something is overheating and causing it to shut down probably. But again, as I said, more information is needed.

Try and use the above suggestions and let me know. I'll try and do whatever I can to hopefully help you fix the problem.

Hope you get it working.

Draconis

[Doppelganger]

also make sure there is enough vmem set aside, as well as checking how many processes are running/ free mem when IDLE.


also check for viruses/trajans, driver updates, windows updates, that sort of thing.

shutdowns are common if your system is not regularlly checked, but if it is, you can have uptimes >100 days (unless you upgrade drivers often or use windows update every day)

[oz_wwjd]

Shutdown problems

The strange thing is that I can never get it to act up when I take it in to the shop, it runs just fine for them but as soon as I get it home it puts on what seems like a special demo just for me...

[Kamzu]

I'll bet you anything it's because your computer is overheating.

Maybe you should rearrange the placement of your PC since it doesn't act up when you take it to a shop (probably placing it on a wide spacious table with proper airflow from all direction). Many computers have that as a fail safe in case things get too warm, or maybe it's set to have a low tolerance.

Anyways, check it out ^^ Hope this helps.