This is alarming.

My computer is now shutting down automatically.   There's no pattern to it.  All 
i can think of doing right now is restoring back to a time when it wasn't doing this. 

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

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re: Unexpected Shut Down Friday, May 27, 2005 at 5:14 am Posted by MJB (327 messages posted) Your PC could be overheating. Shut it down, clear it of dust with compressed air. Boot it up and make sure all fans are working properly. If it continues to shut down leave the case open and arrange a fan to blow air through it. Should this solve the problem you need to install another fan. If not the next thing to check is your ram, if it is bad you can get the same problem. Good Luck,---MJB--- On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 12:29 am, Ian Clark wrote: >This is alarming. > >My computer is now shutting down automatically. There's no pattern to it. All >i can think of doing right now is restoring back to a time when it wasn't doing this. > >Any ideas would be much appreciated. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unexpected Shut Down Friday, May 27, 2005 at 8:09 am Posted by Ian Clark (66 messages posted) I have deleted a program called Hostsman and the shut downs haven't happened since. I do think I need more RAM as the standard install seems to be 50% of capacity. I say seems to be because Belarc Advisory tool says I have 224MB and not 256MB. How can I check for sure how much RAM is installed on this machine? On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 5:14 am, MJB wrote: > > > >Your PC could be overheating. Shut it down, clear it of dust with compressed air. >Boot it up and make sure all fans are working properly. If it continues to shut down >leave the case open and arrange a fan to blow air through it. Should this solve the >problem you need to install another fan. If not the next thing to check is your ram, >if it is bad you can get the same problem. > > > > > >Good Luck, > > >behavior="left">---MJB--- > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unexpected Shut Down Friday, May 27, 2005 at 8:20 am Posted by Gene J (1240 messages posted) The missing 32MB of RAM is reserved for your Video. With the current low prices of RAM, you may wish to add an additional 256MB (at least). That should speed things up a bit for you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unexpected Shut Down Friday, May 27, 2005 at 9:33 am Posted by MJB (327 messages posted) Glad to see you solved your problem and you will be happier with another 256 of ram as mentioned in the other reply. A good app to have is AIDA32 it will give you a lot of info on your PC you can download it from majorgeeks.com Good Luck,---MJB--- On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 8:09 am, Ian Clark wrote: > >I have deleted a program called Hostsman and the shut downs haven't happened since. > I do think I need more RAM as the standard install seems to be 50% of capacity. > I say seems to be because Belarc Advisory tool says I have 224MB and not 256MB. > > >How can I check for sure how much RAM is installed on this machine? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unexpected Shut Down Friday, May 27, 2005 at 9:57 am Posted by Tim (101 messages posted) I have had this problem with one of my computers. It ended up being a failing hard drive. Some loose memory would be the first thing I would check, but a failing hard drive is another possiblility. Tim On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 12:29 am, Ian Clark wrote: >This is alarming. > >My computer is now shutting down automatically. There's no pattern to it. All >i can think of doing right now is restoring back to a time when it wasn't doing this. > >Any ideas would be much appreciated. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unexpected Shut Down Friday, May 27, 2005 at 10:22 am Posted by Ian Clark (66 messages posted) Tim, what's the fix for a failing hard drive - and what on Earth is loose memory? I've made no secret of the incontestable fact that I'm no expert and now I'm really confused. I really would like to believe that Hostsman confused my system in some way and the new Hosts file supplemented with Spybots own additions is a better alternative which avoids sudden power downs. On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 9:57 am, Tim wrote: >I have had this problem with one of my computers. It ended up being a failing hard >drive. Some loose memory would be the first thing I would check, but a failing hard >drive is another possiblility. > >Tim > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum