If things are fairly up-to-date, you should have a hardware monitor
available in the BIOS. When it cuts off again, on the restart, go into
the BIOS and see what the CPU temp is. That will give you an idea if it
is heat related. Also check fan speed. Many motherboards have temp cut
off's as low as 70F, but they can be set higher or turned off altogether.
Also, check the Startup and Recovery setting under the Advanced tab in
My Computer>Properties. Make sure that 'Automatically Restart' is
UNchecked.
Now go into the Event Viewer and look to see what is recorded there at
the time of shutdown or reboot.
Tom
harleyladyhd wrote:
> In the last two days my computer has just cut itself off three times.
> After it cuts off it tries to turn back on but it is just making a bad
> clicking noise and can not come on. I hit the kill switch that is on
> the back of the tower and after a few minutes I can turn it back on. I
> have blown the dust out of it and off the fans hoping that would help
> but it just cut off again. It is a homemade tower but everything in it
> is fairly up to date. I know if it keeps this up it is going to stop
> coming back on. I am scared to leave the room with it running now
> because the noise it makes is terrible.
> I have xp2, ie7 but I don't think that matters with this problem. Any
> advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Harley
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