Don't overlook something as simple as a loose power cord.

Dean Kukral

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Totty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Desktop shuts off by itself


Inspired by Anne's question about a laptop shutting off, I would like tips 
about a desktop that shuts down.  It is a fairly good machine that I donated 
to a friend's local shop.  I don't have it in front of me so can't report 
the specs other than it's running Windows XP, has a Pentium D processor, 
256MB of RAM, and was originally built by Gateway. The office manager 
reports that one day it shut itself off three times, and the next day once. 
It hasn't happened when someone is directly looking at or using the machine. 
On reboot, the standard Windows message about an improper shutdown appears. 
When they can spare the machine, I'll be looking for the problem.  My first 
impulse is that the power supply must be failing.  Are there any other 
things that might be more likely?

In its previous "life" it was never turned on and run all day and the 
symptom reported now was never observed.

 

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