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June 6th 09, 10:17 PM
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Will Does the computer automatically restart without user intervention? It switches itself off just as if you've pulled the plug out the wall! Will. 
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June 6th 09, 10:17 PM
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Will Does the computer automatically restart without user intervention? It switches itself off just as if you've pulled the plug out the wall! Will.
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June 6th 09, 10:40 PM
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Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the computer http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;320299 How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263 -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will wrote: Gerry wrote: Will Does the computer automatically restart without user intervention? It switches itself off just as if you've pulled the plug out the wall! Will.
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June 6th 09, 10:40 PM
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Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the computer http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;320299 How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263 -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will wrote: Gerry wrote: Will Does the computer automatically restart without user intervention? It switches itself off just as if you've pulled the plug out the wall! Will.
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June 7th 09, 10:42 PM
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"Will" wrote in message ... Gerry wrote: Will Does the computer automatically restart without user intervention? It switches itself off just as if you've pulled the plug out the wall! Will. After it shuts down, can it be restarted by the front panel button, or does the AC have to be cycled off and on by either the back power supply switch, or unplugging? If you have to remove AC, it means that there has been a dead short on the load side, or an internal power supply failure. If the PSU is a number of years old, it could have failing capacitors. If it restarts with the front button there could still be a PSU problem. Failing capacitors in the motherboard power inverters can also cause instant hard shutdowns. As stated by Lorne, the best way to eliminate the PSU, is to try a replacement. Don't bother with Event viewer logs, etc. With instantaneous hard shutdowns, it's highly unlikely anything has been written to logs. Also, recent CPUs, especially Intel can't overheat. As the temperature approaches the threshold limit, the CPU will start to throttle, (slow down), as required to maintain a safe temperature. Go to Control PanelSystemAdvancedStartup and RecoverySettings, and make sure Automatically restart is cleared, in System failure. This prevents an automatic restart in the case of a normal blue screen, which, of course, is not your situation . There is another type of blue screen that indicates a fatal error, with shutdown as the only option. When this message displays, the system is already halted, but the message can provide clues to the cause. This will only occur with OS detected issues, not hardware problems.
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June 7th 09, 10:42 PM
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"Will" wrote in message ... Gerry wrote: Will Does the computer automatically restart without user intervention? It switches itself off just as if you've pulled the plug out the wall! Will. After it shuts down, can it be restarted by the front panel button, or does the AC have to be cycled off and on by either the back power supply switch, or unplugging? If you have to remove AC, it means that there has been a dead short on the load side, or an internal power supply failure. If the PSU is a number of years old, it could have failing capacitors. If it restarts with the front button there could still be a PSU problem. Failing capacitors in the motherboard power inverters can also cause instant hard shutdowns. As stated by Lorne, the best way to eliminate the PSU, is to try a replacement. Don't bother with Event viewer logs, etc. With instantaneous hard shutdowns, it's highly unlikely anything has been written to logs. Also, recent CPUs, especially Intel can't overheat. As the temperature approaches the threshold limit, the CPU will start to throttle, (slow down), as required to maintain a safe temperature. Go to Control PanelSystemAdvancedStartup and RecoverySettings, and make sure Automatically restart is cleared, in System failure. This prevents an automatic restart in the case of a normal blue screen, which, of course, is not your situation . There is another type of blue screen that indicates a fatal error, with shutdown as the only option. When this message displays, the system is already halted, but the message can provide clues to the cause. This will only occur with OS detected issues, not hardware problems.
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