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OT; Power problems

Ben Danie

OT; Power problems

by Ben Danie » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 04:34:13

Hi all,
Can anyone give me some advice please.
I have a 900mhz Athlon. 256 RAM, GForce 2 graphics card. My power
supply is a 300w.
What I need to try and find out is why my computer just switches
itself off from time to time. It happened tonight when I was in a
Nascar 2002 race. The power would switch off, which leaves a blank
monitor. The power light on the tower will flash, so I push and hold
it in for 5 seconds or so and then the power is totally off. I re-boot
and go through scan disk etc and all is ok again, until it might
happen again at any time.
Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I
check it, or/and what is the workaround for this?
Any advice is most welcome.
thanks alot
Ben.
jason moy

OT; Power problems

by jason moy » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:50:26


> Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I
> check it, or/and what is the workaround for this?

I would guess that you've fried your power supply or you are in the
process of frying it.  If your motherboard has some sort of
monitoring, check the voltages.

Jason

Glen Pittma

OT; Power problems

by Glen Pittma » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 11:32:43

Almost sounds as if your PC is going into stand-by mode.  Might check your
power settings and make sure you have it set to always on.


Ben Danie

OT; Power problems

by Ben Danie » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 23:13:51

Thanks alot for the info. Do you know how I can check the temp of the
motherboard , cpu etc ??
Thanks again,
Ben.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:32:43 -0500, "Glen Pittman"


>Almost sounds as if your PC is going into stand-by mode.  Might check your
>power settings and make sure you have it set to always on.



>> Hi all,
>> Can anyone give me some advice please.
>> I have a 900mhz Athlon. 256 RAM, GForce 2 graphics card. My power
>> supply is a 300w.
>> What I need to try and find out is why my computer just switches
>> itself off from time to time. It happened tonight when I was in a
>> Nascar 2002 race. The power would switch off, which leaves a blank
>> monitor. The power light on the tower will flash, so I push and hold
>> it in for 5 seconds or so and then the power is totally off. I re-boot
>> and go through scan disk etc and all is ok again, until it might
>> happen again at any time.
>> Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I
>> check it, or/and what is the workaround for this?
>> Any advice is most welcome.
>> thanks alot
>> Ben.


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