Comp Is Shutting Down By Itself

jaffa30

Hi

The problem has just started today, the comp shuts down for no reason whatsoever.

The whole system is switched off, when i try to restart it it wont restart unless i jiggle the power cable near the back of the comp tower.

Any ideas as to what may be the matter.

Tia

Jaffa

pandas66

Have you kicked it?

jaffa30

pandas66 wrote:

Have you kicked it?

Yes several times ty FF

pandas66

Well thats me out of ideas>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>see techie then

jaffa30

pandas66 wrote:

Well thats me out of ideas>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>see techie then

Well thanks for trying FF

boogiemaster

Maybe the cpu fan is blocked and the cpu is getting hot? It would shut your system down to prevent the cpu from burning out.

jaffa30

boogiemaster wrote:

Maybe the cpu fan is blocked and the cpu is getting hot? It would shut your system down to prevent the cpu from burning out.

Good idea i will try cleaning the fan.

Jaffa

wonderfullife_2

Hi
To find out if your system is overheating, download this little free program, its a temp monitor for your hd/cpu/motherboard and it can change your fans speeds.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Hope this helps

jaffa30

I cleaned both the fan this morning so touch wood its sorted.

thanks everyone


Jaffa

Browntoa

if it re-occurs, blow out the debris from the motherboard, particularly round the CPU, also worth reseating RAM + Graphics cards while it's open

tigermatt

when i try to restart it it wont restart unless i jiggle the power cable near the back of the comp tower.

It wouldn't happen to be a dodgy power cable by and chance? Have you got a spare you could try using?