Random Computer Shutdowns

[FunK A DunK]

Hello, there are a lot of members here so I decided to join and ask this question.

Oftentimes, my computer shuts down while I'm running a program. For example, when I'm playing Counter-Strike or any other video games and Norton-Antivirus. My friend tells me it's because I have too many viruses?

Please, help me. I can't even play video games with my friends because of this problem. I have a feeling it's because I have a lot of start-up programs? When I start up my computer, it says that I have 44 processes running at once. Is that the reason why?

When it shuts down, the monitor just turns black and I can't restart it by doing the usual holding the off button to reset it.

All help is very appreciated.

 

[newmenu]

what is the wattage of your power supply unit (psu)

 

[FunK A DunK]

I have nooo idea... I have this program called AIDA32 and it usually states everything about my computer, but I can't find power supply.

The thing is... This computer around January 02 and this never really happened when I ran these programs.

 

[Jeffyboy]

check out www.yourtechonline.com
They can fix it for you online.

 

[FunK A DunK]

I'm 15 and I sort of don't have a job... Thanks for the link though.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: FunK A DunK
My friend tells me it's because I have too many viruses?

One virus is too many. I hope you have up to date anti-virus software. If not, get the hell off the Internet until you do!

Many viruses work in the background while you're online to resend themselves to everyone in your address book, inbox, or any other place on your machine they can harvest addresses. If you have one of them, and you're connected to the web, you're a virtual cyber Typhoid Mary and a danger to everyone whose address is somewhere on your machine. :Q

Please, help me. I can't even play video games with my friends because of this problem. I have a feeling it's because I have a lot of start-up programs? When I start up my computer, it says that I have 44 processes running at once. Is that the reason why?

A lot of those processes could be spyware so you should also have spyware removal software, such as Ad-Aware or SpyBot. They're free, and if you've never run a spyware removal prog before, you're in for a shock. Your machine will run much better once you've nuked all the crap people stick on your machine to track your moves and worse.

To find out what is running at startup, go to Start / Run, enter MSCONFIG in the Run window, and click the Startup tab.

When it shuts down, the monitor just turns black and I can't restart it by doing the usual holding the off button to reset it.

All help is very appreciated.

Getting back to your power supply, a label with the total power rating and the current available at each output voltage should be somewhere on the power supply. It may be visible from the back of the case, but if not, you may have to open your case to see it. Assuming it is working properly, to know if it's adequate, we need to know more about your system, such as your CPU and speed, your vid card, and anything else you want to post about your system.

 

[nanaki333]

when it shuts down, does it kind of power off as if you went to start and then shutdown? does the screen just go black but everything is still running inside your computer? like the harddrive spinning and fans, etc? or does it simply lose power? just shuts completely off at random and you have to reach down and hit the power button to turn it back on?

what kind of devices do you have inside your computer? how many harddrives, cd/dvd rom drives, fans, etc? and yeah, what size PSU you have?

 

[montag451]

Hi,

Calm down

Just answer some questions, then you will get some good advice off the ppl here



First, Have you tried running the AVirus on its own - that means shutting down all the other progs running in the background.
Do this by pressing CTRL - ALT - DELETE keys together, and closing all progs there except for explorer, msnapp.
Then run Avirus [I trust this has been updated very recently].

If there is still a prob, uninstall Nortons, and download AVG7free from www.grisoft.com - that will give you an uptodate virus tester with a smaller footprint [takes less memory]/

See what happens doing this then post back.

This is likely to be a power supply unit issue though, but one step at a time - mainly the free ones first, then we'll talk about replacing bits!!


PLEASE post back if you do happen to solve the problem in the meantime.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: montag451
First, Have you tried running the AVirus on its own - that means shutting down all the other progs running in the background.
Do this by pressing CTRL - ALT - DELETE keys together, and closing all progs there except for explorer, msnapp.
Then run Avirus

For deeper problems, an even better way to run the AV is to run it in Safe Mode. To do this, when the machine first boots, keep hitting the F8 key until a menu comes up that allows you to select this option.

 

[montag451]

Yep = thanx harvey.