computer turning itself on and off

[Ty]

Hello,

I know that overheating can cause a computer to turn
restart repeatedly. I would make sure that your computer
was well-ventilated and that all of its fans were working
properly.

Ty

>-----Original Message-----
>my computer constantly turns itself on and off. In the
>middle of either typiing, or online it will suddenly
shut
>down and may not come back on by either the reboot or
>on/off switch. I often have to turn it on and off from
>the back and keep pressing the on/off button until it
>reboots. it then sometimes says checking Fat 32. i
have
>had a new motherboard installed, formatted the c drive
>and reput xp back on but still it does it. i thought
>maybe it was the monitor as that seems to switch off
>first but this has been replaced too. i really would be
>grateful for any advise from anyone as to how to fix the
>problem
>thanks
>.
>

[Manish]

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:11:05 -0800, Ty wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know that overheating can cause a computer to turn
> restart repeatedly. I would make sure that your computer
> was well-ventilated and that all of its fans were working
> properly.
>
> Ty
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>my computer constantly turns itself on and off. In the
>>middle of either typiing, or online it will suddenly
> shut
>>down and may not come back on by either the reboot or
>>on/off switch. I often have to turn it on and off from
>>the back and keep pressing the on/off button until it
>>reboots. it then sometimes says checking Fat 32. i
> have
>>had a new motherboard installed, formatted the c drive
>>and reput xp back on but still it does it. i thought
>>maybe it was the monitor as that seems to switch off
>>first but this has been replaced too. i really would be
>>grateful for any advise from anyone as to how to fix the
>>problem
>>thanks
>>.
>>

Hi

i had the same problem and found out it was caused by overheating.
i had to change the power supply

--
Regards
Manish