Jupiter Jones
March 30th 03, 05:05 AM
Joel;
Where is the noise coming from?
Open the case and locate exact source.
Open the case and verify all fans are working and not obstructed.
All computers have a fan on power supply.
Some have fans on CPU and video card as well as sometimes a case fan.
Start, right click My Computer, click Properties.
Click Advanced tab, click "Settings" by "Start-up and Recovery".
Uncheck "Automatically restart".
Next time issue happens, the computer will stop and show the error
instead restarting.
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Jupiter Jones
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"joel b." > wrote in message
...
> recently i've noticed that the computer has been
> noisier...a friend suggested it was a humidity change,
> yet a day later, i woud be working on something, and the
> computer just shuts off....yet it never really loses full
> power...the tower looks like its still on, yet the screen
> goes black and when it comes back up, it's as if the
> computer has been restarted, making me lose everything i
> had been working on....could this be a faulty fan or a
> windows problem.......i would greatly appreciate any info
> about whats causing this and a possible cure...thanks for
> your time
> p.s....one of the times it "shut down" the desktop
> recovery screen had came up....if that offers any help
Where is the noise coming from?
Open the case and locate exact source.
Open the case and verify all fans are working and not obstructed.
All computers have a fan on power supply.
Some have fans on CPU and video card as well as sometimes a case fan.
Start, right click My Computer, click Properties.
Click Advanced tab, click "Settings" by "Start-up and Recovery".
Uncheck "Automatically restart".
Next time issue happens, the computer will stop and show the error
instead restarting.
--
Jupiter Jones
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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"joel b." > wrote in message
...
> recently i've noticed that the computer has been
> noisier...a friend suggested it was a humidity change,
> yet a day later, i woud be working on something, and the
> computer just shuts off....yet it never really loses full
> power...the tower looks like its still on, yet the screen
> goes black and when it comes back up, it's as if the
> computer has been restarted, making me lose everything i
> had been working on....could this be a faulty fan or a
> windows problem.......i would greatly appreciate any info
> about whats causing this and a possible cure...thanks for
> your time
> p.s....one of the times it "shut down" the desktop
> recovery screen had came up....if that offers any help