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RJ227 United States. Mar 29 2010 22:06. Posts 170

Anyone ever had this problem? I bought my computer about 6 months ago, it's a Gateway. Recently, it's been shutting off at random times. Anyone ever heard of similar problems/have a possible solution? Thanks

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vlseph United States. Mar 29 2010 22:09. Posts 3026

why don't you sell it directly to LP?

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Last edit: 30/03/2010 01:53

kbis Canada. Mar 29 2010 22:11. Posts 35

Theres a couple of possible problems, it could be a faulty power supply, or even overheating of the cpu. I had a similar problem with a faulty power supply, you should check some computer forums and try to post your problem for a better response.

Jas0n United States. Mar 29 2010 22:33. Posts 1866

try opening it up and cleaning out the cpu fan, if it is the cpu overheating, you might just have a crappy fan that stops functioning well after a while because too much dust has collected on the blades.

Stroggos New Zealand. Mar 29 2010 22:35. Posts 1117

prolly not enough semen on the cpu or whatever it is they use to transfer heat from cpu to heatsink.

egood United States. Mar 29 2010 22:42. Posts 1883

my laptop was shutting off randomly and i got one of the laptop coolers you put underneath it and its stopped doing it. ive never had a desktop with this problem, but its probably an overheating issue like other people have said.

whamm! Albania. Mar 29 2010 22:52. Posts 11625

checklist:

processor fan too dirty, cant cool cpu so it insta shuts down as a safety measure

power supply is failing, same as above

motherboard is bad, when its bad it wont work and give u all these random funky errors like motherboard shuts down, os freezes and u cant even shut it down etc

whamm! Albania. Mar 29 2010 22:52. Posts 11625

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collegesucks United States. Mar 29 2010 23:41. Posts 5780

lol you bought a gateway

RJ227 United States. Mar 29 2010 23:50. Posts 170

i'm a sucker for a built in tv tuner imo. would pay someone to build me a nice comp but don't know anyone that computer literate tbh

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kbis Canada. Mar 29 2010 23:55. Posts 35

build it yourself, not too terribly hard. Theres a ton of content on youtube now adays regarding this. You can end up saving yourself alot of coin and build a beast for $500.

doctorstu Australia. Mar 30 2010 00:11. Posts 362

Have you updated to all the latest security patches? If it's a fresh install and no one has bothered to you might be getting shafted by the remote RPC execution exploit which was shutting down PCs all over the place a few years ago.

Also likely culpits are always power supply, ram then overheating. GL.

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thumbz555 United States. Mar 30 2010 00:33. Posts 3281

reset CMOS

I click buttons.

egood United States. Mar 30 2010 01:15. Posts 1883

lol building a comp is super ez, its pretty much plug and play now a days.

Carthac United States. Mar 30 2010 01:32. Posts 1343

PM me if you need any help building one

Ive built a few on my own, and have helped a few people on TL do it as well.

Before you go that route though, an easy fix for most random shutting down problems is to grab a can of dust-off and clean the inside of your comp. Computers will sometimes shut down as a safety precaution if it runs the chance of overheating, and dust is an easy way of causing heating issues.

Last edit: 30/03/2010 01:36

vegable United States. Mar 30 2010 03:36. Posts 2453

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