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    Default Random Shutdowns

    My computer has recently taken up the habit of shutting down at random intervals

    I don't know exactly what I did to start it doing this, I didn't download anything fishy or anything like that. Basically, I'll use the computer for about half an hour and it will just shut down completely.

    It's not an Energy Saver thing, I turned those off (for some reason it was set to shut down after 15 mins.), but it's still doing it.

    Any help would be much appreciated.

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    Ominous Wanderer Tech Admin Samuraid's Avatar
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    Most likely, the shutdown is related to either:
    - components in the computer overheating
    - an unstable power supply

    Does it shut down when you are running any programs that use a lot of computing power? Or is it completely random?

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    or does it only happen when you open certain programs, like say the GIMP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samuraid View Post
    Most likely, the shutdown is related to either:
    - components in the computer overheating
    - an unstable power supply

    Does it shut down when you are running any programs that use a lot of computing power? Or is it completely random?
    These two are likely it. The only other probable answer would be if you get a message about shutting down(which relates to a windows vulnerability and an old virus/worm that shut down windows alot)....But it typically happened within 5minutes of bootup.

    As above posters asked, is it happening during certain programs or ?

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