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Hardware: is an IBM Thinkcentre desktop with Windows XP Professional.
Question: System has started to shut down involuntarily and most times reboots, but not always. Why does it do this? How can I prevent it?
2010-07-30 22:40:00
Try removing add-ons you have within your browswer such as your google tool bar.
2010-02-04 09:42:00
It sound a lot like a hardware problem. Likely overheating. Could be the motherboard short circuiting. Do you hear your fan spin up before it turns off?
2010-02-04 01:02:00
Nothing shows up on the screen, it just shuts down. When it reboots, it often resumes the same session. I cloned a new drive from another similar spare system so now I've experienced this with two different drives using the same motherboard.
2010-02-03 22:22:00
Can you give us any more clues? Anything showing up on the screen?
2010-02-03 21:45:00
Sounds like an overheating problem....make sure the ports are not blocked,,, and get a can of air and blow it all out.....