power problem?

mebegaming · 03-19-2008, 03:01 PM

My computer has been shutting down anywhere between 5mins to immediately after i turn it on, as if i pulled out the cord (all cords are firmly connected). Also to restart it i would have to unplug the computer and plug it back in.

I diddnt install any new hardware or software recently and this has never happend before.

my friend said he had something like that happen to him and advised me to remove the CPU and put it back in, but it still persisted.

Please help
Thanks

**linderman** · 03-19-2008, 05:05 PM

try another power supply would be my first choice

also you could enter the bios immediately upon boot up and try to verify what the cpu temperature is

mebegaming · 03-19-2008, 06:11 PM

well il see if i can get my hands on another power supply, but i dont think its the cpu temperature because it would still do it if i leave it off for hours, but my bro was saying something about that i was complaining about the temperature so il look into that too

03-19-2008, 03:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
mebegaming Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 46 OS: windows xp home	power problem? My computer has been shutting down anywhere between 5mins to immediately after i turn it on, as if i pulled out the cord (all cords are firmly connected). Also to restart it i would have to unplug the computer and plug it back in. I diddnt install any new hardware or software recently and this has never happend before. my friend said he had something like that happen to him and advised me to remove the CPU and put it back in, but it still persisted. Please help Thanks

03-19-2008, 05:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: power problem? try another power supply would be my first choice also you could enter the bios immediately upon boot up and try to verify what the cpu temperature is __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

03-19-2008, 06:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
mebegaming Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 46 OS: windows xp home	Re: power problem? well il see if i can get my hands on another power supply, but i dont think its the cpu temperature because it would still do it if i leave it off for hours, but my bro was saying something about that i was complaining about the temperature so il look into that too