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Unexplained power on/off

Jul 20, 2005 6:55AM PDT

We have 2 mystery PC desktops that turn on and off randomly. What could be causing this?

They were assembled from parts:
Titan P4 mobo for Prescott (P4) CPU GA-8IG1000 Series apparently with built-in Video, Maxtor 80GB, 512 MB RAM (on DDR1), Powerman power supply probably around 235-300 Watt), Celeron 2.26 ghz

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Consider why it loses power.
Jul 20, 2005 8:03AM PDT

Common causes are:

1. Aging parts.
2. Heat.
3. Overtaxed power supplies (hint: item 1 leads to this.)

Bob

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When this happened to me...
Jul 20, 2005 8:11AM PDT

it was heat-related and opening up the side of the case and blowing a fan on the processor made it go away. Considering the time of the year and all the record heat headlines I've been seeing, this would probably be a good place to start.

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happened to me before
Jul 20, 2005 8:26AM PDT

and it was a virus. cleared hard drive and it never rebooted or turned off by itself.

IF it is heat, replace the heat sink and fan on your cpu.

konny

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its not room temp.
Jul 20, 2005 11:02AM PDT

machines are kept in 62F rooms.

btw OS is WinXP

the first strange thing is how a celeron processor fits into a Titan 4 Prescott Gygabyte mobo. Prescott is a P4 core not celeron. ???

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So it's old hardware or ..
Jul 20, 2005 11:38AM PDT

A damaged OS. You could have tried the case cover off. I have cured too many with this simple trick. Best of luck with your research.

Bob

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Get this pgm.
Jul 20, 2005 12:33PM PDT

Get this pgm.(Everst Home Edition) from: http://www.lavalys.com/

it will show the system temps where possible. This way you know the case temp, cpu, etc., as the room temp is NOT what the insides of a system case will be.

Once gotten, goto: run pgm.->computer icon->sensors

This pgm. will also check various portions of the system so use it in good fare.

tada -----Willy Happy

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case covers are *always* off
Jul 20, 2005 10:28PM PDT

I doubt the OS is damaged on both systems at the same time. it must be the hardware configuration.