This sounds like a hardware problem-Memory, power supply, video or 
motherboard.
I assume you have some kind of warranty. If so, you should take it back 
for a replacement/repair.


carmen strickland wrote:
> I just purchased a gq 3131. Amd sampron processor, 256
> mb ram, 40 gb harddrive. It had linspire, and I
> installed win me. Lately it has been periodically
> shutting down for no reason. 
> 
> If you wait a few minutes, and restart it, it is fine,
> but I'm not sure what is going on with it.
> 
> Can it be overheating, or would it be something else?
> 
> 
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