random shutdowns Monday, July 10, 2006 at 6:24 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mr. M (8 messages posted) A few weeks ago, my computer started randomly shutting itself down. No error message or anything, it would just power down. This would happen when the pc had been on several hours, recently it has been happening more often, and quicker, like after just an hour of being on. Afterwards, the only way to start up again is to unplug the power, wait a little then plug in the power again, then the pc automatically starts up again. This can happen when using the net, playing music or using word, ie. no heavy demand task. The PC in question is an old Compaq Presario. 500MHz P3, 320 mb ram, integrated Intel graphics. Originally Win98se, upgraded to Win 2000 Pro 6 months ago. Since purchase it has been upgraded with extra ram, a network card, SB live soundcard, and a DVD burner. Note that the last ugrade was the DVD burner 6 months ago, the same time as the upgrade to Win2k. From then till a few weeks ago, the machine has been very stable, no BSODs or anything serious. M. Responses to this message: re: random shutdowns (TOASTER: Monday, July 10, 2006 at 7:26 am) re: random shutdowns (DEX: Monday, July 10, 2006 at 8:24 am) re: random shutdowns (Mike: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 7:57 pm) re: random shutdowns (Mr. M: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 1:39 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] random shutdowns (Mr. M: Mon, Jul 10, 2006, 6:24 am) re: random shutdowns (TOASTER: Mon, Jul 10, 2006, 7:26 am) re: random shutdowns (DEX: Mon, Jul 10, 2006, 8:24 am) re: random shutdowns (Toaster: Mon, Jul 10, 2006, 10:41 am) re: random shutdowns (DEX: Mon, Jul 10, 2006, 12:28 pm) re: random shutdowns (Mike: Tue, Jul 11, 2006, 7:57 pm) re: random shutdowns (Mike: Tue, Jul 11, 2006, 8:09 pm) re: random shutdowns (Mr. M: Wed, Jul 12, 2006, 1:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum