Windows shutting down randomly on me

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Ok, my computer is running XP Home and it seems to be shutting down on
me at various times...I've been playing Everquest 2 before, or just
surfing the net. It's not overheating cause it shutdown after 2
minutes after being off all night. I dunno what the problem is...I put
in a Lightscribe drive a week or so ago, could that be it? Nothing
seems to be overheating as I can see so far.
 
Why would you assume it's not overheating after 2 minutes? It could very
well be. Have you looked inside to verify all fans are working and heat
sinks are dust free?
 
Ok, my computer is running XP Home and it seems to be shutting down on
me at various times...I've been playing Everquest 2 before, or just
surfing the net. It's not overheating cause it shutdown after 2
minutes after being off all night. I dunno what the problem is...I
put
in a Lightscribe drive a week or so ago, could that be it? Nothing
seems to be overheating as I can see so far.
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It could be a marginal or dying power supply. It could be bad RAM. It
could be a bad processor. There's no way for us to tell from here. Here
are some general hardware troubleshooting steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
 
First thing is to go to add/remove programs and uninstall the game , then try
again, if sucess go to game website and search for updates and patches ,if
not go to control panel-performance and maintenance- power options and see if
shutdown time is listed , then reset but 2 mins is not long ,so good luck
 
Ok, my computer is running XP Home and it seems to be shutting down on
me at various times...I've been playing Everquest 2 before, or just
surfing the net. It's not overheating cause it shutdown after 2
minutes after being off all night. I dunno what the problem is...I
put in a Lightscribe drive a week or so ago, could that be it?
Nothing seems to be overheating as I can see so far.
Click to expand...


First, note that this is almost certainly a hardware issue, not a Windows
one. It could be many things, but the following are most likely:

1. Overheating (yes, even after only two minutes).

2. Bad power supply.

3. Flaky power at the wall outlet.

3. Bad RAM.
 
A couple of years ago there was a virus going around that caused random
shutdowns. I had a client with it, but I don't remember the name.

Dino
 
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