Nspeed wrote:
> Here 3 days ago i was playing a game on my computer and suddenly it
> just shut off.
> when i try to start it again the fan is just running for 4 sec then
> it shuts down and reboots again. This loop will go on forever and
> it never starts. The only way of getting it to stop is cutting the
> power totally.
>
> I laid my computer to rest for a day and i tried starting again. it
> runned perfectly for about 1 hour, then whitout any warning at all
> it just shuts off again, Just like if someone cutted the power. I
> have not been able to start it since.
>
> I have tried to plug out the harddisk too see if something on that
> might have caused the problem, but same thing happens, Keeps
> rebooting every 4th second.
>
> someone please have an answer for this.
Sounds like hardware failure. There is not much in the software world that
would have the symptoms you describe.
Turn off your computer, unplug it from power and everything else, open up
the case, blow out the dust with some canned air made to do such things.
Ensure all the cables/memory/cpu are well seated in place (for the
cables/memory - I would go as far as telling you to unhook said devices and
hook them right back up - called 'reseating' - it will all but guaratee the
proper connections are being made.)
Put the computer back together, hook it all back up and turn it back on. If
it still fails - something is probably overheating due to a more permanent
problem than dust.
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