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04-08-2006, 06:17 PM
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Constantly shutting down when not in use
This desktop has Win2k and has started to shut down by itself while left alone and not in use. I come back and its shut down. Sometmes it shuts down when I'm browsing with FF. I checked the 'power options' but everything ( turn off hard disk, hibernate, standby,monitor) is set to 'never'. Some times it happens after a half hour but usually its 6 hrs or more before it shuts down.
I don't think its overheating but I will check that. I doubt its the browser because often theres nothing running - just idle with only the desktop. Taskmgr is showing between zero and 2% cpu usage right now, and I've run virus check and malware checks. Any idea of the cause ? Thanks Chris |
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04-08-2006, 06:23 PM
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Power Supply
have you tested you power supply?
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04-08-2006, 07:24 PM
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Thanks. That sounds like a serious possibility. How could I prove it, apart from swapping the power supply with a good one ?
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04-09-2006, 04:18 PM
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Wrench Bender
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Could use the Asus Prode utility to record the voltage monitoring it can do.
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04-16-2006, 06:24 PM
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Yes, it was the power supply. I would have thought it would either work or not work, and didn't realise they could give out low voltage.
Thanks, Chris |
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