Computer turns off randomly

[jon]

I have been using my computer with windows XP and have
recently been having the computer randomly power down and
turn off. This normally happens when I am typing,
generaly right in the middle of a sentence. I have mc
affee virus scan updated and have checked the whole
computer, I have all the critical xp updates. I have
also told the computer to never power down and
hibernation is turned off. I am not sure what is causing
the problem, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.

[R. C. White]

Hi, Jon.

It could be a hardware problem (loose connections, bad RAM, failing power
supply, heat buildup).

If it is a software problem, you can change the default settings for what
WinXP should do in case of System Failure. Go to System Properties |
Advanced | Startup and Recovery Settings. Under System failure, remove the
check from Automatically restart.

Next time, instead of rebooting, your computer should halt with a BSOD (Blue
Screen of Death) full of cryptic codes. You'll still have to reboot, using
the Restart key, but you'll have all the time you need to study that screen.
If it doesn't make sense to you, copy it verbatim into your next post and
some guru here (not me!) should be able to interpret the codes and point you
in the right direction.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"jon" > wrote in message
...
> I have been using my computer with windows XP and have
> recently been having the computer randomly power down and
> turn off. This normally happens when I am typing,
> generaly right in the middle of a sentence. I have mc
> affee virus scan updated and have checked the whole
> computer, I have all the critical xp updates. I have
> also told the computer to never power down and
> hibernation is turned off. I am not sure what is causing
> the problem, any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks.

[rhett]

okey well i have this problem also myself and i can tell
you its a hardware problem i can't tell you what the
problem is because well it could be a few things im
working as a jr computer engerieer and still can't work
out mine my best bet is faulty ram.... is the most common
problem the next thing from there would be mother board it
might not be able to handle the stress that windows xp
puts onto it

i hope this helps and if you need anymore help e-mail me
at
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Jon.
>
>It could be a hardware problem (loose connections, bad
RAM, failing power
>supply, heat buildup).
>
>If it is a software problem, you can change the default
settings for what
>WinXP should do in case of System Failure. Go to System
Properties |
>Advanced | Startup and Recovery Settings. Under System
failure, remove the
>check from Automatically restart.
>
>Next time, instead of rebooting, your computer should
halt with a BSOD (Blue
>Screen of Death) full of cryptic codes. You'll still
have to reboot, using
>the Restart key, but you'll have all the time you need to
study that screen.
>If it doesn't make sense to you, copy it verbatim into
your next post and
>some guru here (not me!) should be able to interpret the
codes and point you
>in the right direction.
>
>RC
>--
>R. C. White, CPA
>San Marcos, TX

>Microsoft Windows MVP
>
>"jon" > wrote in message
...
>> I have been using my computer with windows XP and have
>> recently been having the computer randomly power down
and
>> turn off. This normally happens when I am typing,
>> generaly right in the middle of a sentence. I have mc
>> affee virus scan updated and have checked the whole
>> computer, I have all the critical xp updates. I have
>> also told the computer to never power down and
>> hibernation is turned off. I am not sure what is
causing
>> the problem, any suggestions would be appreciated.
>> Thanks.
>
>
>.
>