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computer shuts off automatically after 4 seconds
The problem started a month ago when playing Half Life 2. Out of no
where I could play the game for about 15 minutes before it would boot me out and then restore to the desktop. So I decided to try a different game like Need for Speed Underground 2 to see what would happen... and of course the same thing did happen; it would kick me out of the game after about 10 minutes to the desktop. I can do anything else on my computer other than play games. I have a roommate so I decided to try his video card in mine (his video card is equivalent to mine) and still got the same results... tried his ram and even in different slots, still nothing different. Oh, and I also tried these combinations after reformatting my computer. Finally after talking it over with some friends we thought maybe it could be a power shortage of some sort. So i decided to try a different (working) power supply. Then a new problem occurred where the computer would boot up and then restart after about 4 seconds. After checking the comuter for loose connections I still had the same problem, therefore I decided to put my power supply back into the computer and well, it still would shut off after 4 seconds. I thought maybe the motherboard was touching the case so i took it out and made it more secure using more screws... still nothing... then I decided to start taking parts out until I had the motherboard out of the case with only the RAM and Video Card connected but still would shut off after 4 seconds. Now I'm thinking my processor or motherboard is screwed. So does anyone have any ideas or suggestions up to this point? I'm thinking that I might have to buy a new motherboard or processor but I'm not sure which to buy. For some reason I was thinking that I wouldn't be able to buy one without the other. Reason behind this is because if I buy a new processor and the motherboard is bad, it could just damage the new processor... and vice versa, if i buy a new motherboard and it ends up that the processor is bad, the processor could damage the new motherboard... not sure if this logic is true... if not, where should I go from here? Well, thanks to all that attempt to help me out. |
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