My computer is turning itself off after about 5 minutes. Why?

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ehh check if your computer is overheating. Especially if you have just bought a new hard drive. oh and clean off dust from the fan that might help too. Or a thermal compund on your processing chip might be needed.

Posted by: al at December 10, 2006 8:25 AM

My Computer turns on then shuts down within seconds, then won't turn on again? anything Ideas

Posted by: emmanuel at December 21, 2006 10:14 PM

Hardware. Could be motherboard, power supply, RAM, expansion cards ... pretty much anything. Probably time to take it to a technician for repair.

Posted by: Leo Notenboom at December 22, 2006 8:27 AM

I have had experience with computers restarting by itself at random times. Usually its a recent change in hardware. One example was with a Gateway computer, where I installed 768MB of memory, where the motherboard could only handle 512MB. After removing the excess memory, problem solved. I would check the manufacturer of the motherboard (or computer) to see if there is a BIOS update, or driver updates.

Or there could be a nasty virus. Use some free online virus scanning programs and see whats what.

Posted by: Mike at January 16, 2007 10:04 PM

sometimes when im in the middle of doing something, my pc just turns off or restart. sometimes it doesnt do that. the first time that ever happened i found out that i had a virus then i got it fixed & now its happening again. but is it possible i got a virus ? how can that be i already installed an anti-virus protection !!!

Posted by: janel at March 9, 2007 9:48 PM

When i try to copy a dvd or play a game on my pc it turns itself off, but it only seems to ever happen when im using the cd drive. I have tried virus scans which have found nothing and i havnt changed any hardware inside the computer. Any ideas?

Posted by: Andy at March 21, 2007 12:54 PM

My Brand New Acer Laptop sometimes it closes all the windows & applications & opens other applications like MS Excel, Adobe Reader or the In Built Web Cam.... sometimes it switches off by itself or hibernates by itself .....

Can you please help me & advice what to do ....

Posted by: Umesh at April 26, 2007 6:09 PM

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It'll do that if it thinks the battery is running low. You might want to check
that.

Leo
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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at April 26, 2007 8:32 PM

mine restarts secnods after loading windows - before I can do anything. Please help. I can't even get files off the computer.

Posted by: Lee at May 1, 2007 3:22 PM

I had this exact problem with my gateway notebook. Vacummed out the cooling fans on the bottom and it fixed the problem..

Posted by: dlg at May 14, 2007 8:37 PM

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