I will be on the internet, or whatever, and my PC will just re-boot itself. The power doesn't shut off; but it goes to the black screen, loads up, and then I have to put in my password. Do you know what could be causing this? Maybe a software malfunction? My WINDOWS XP is legit, and I have run every spy-ware program in the book...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Alright so this has been happening a lot lately..
I will be on the internet, or whatever, and my PC will just re-boot itself. The power doesn't shut off; but it goes to the black screen, loads up, and then I have to put in my password. Do you know what could be causing this? Maybe a software malfunction? My WINDOWS XP is legit, and I have run every spy-ware program in the book...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I will be on the internet, or whatever, and my PC will just re-boot itself. The power doesn't shut off; but it goes to the black screen, loads up, and then I have to put in my password. Do you know what could be causing this? Maybe a software malfunction? My WINDOWS XP is legit, and I have run every spy-ware program in the book...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Now when you say goes to a blank screen, do you mean that the operating system loads again. Such as you can see the Windows XP logo come up. If this is so I would say your power supply is g etting ready to go belly up on you. Take a look at one of my DOTD post. There is a good deal on a power supply.
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Quote Originally Posted by MMACapper:
Alright so this has been happening a lot lately..
I will be on the internet, or whatever, and my PC will just re-boot itself. The power doesn't shut off; but it goes to the black screen, loads up, and then I have to put in my password. Do you know what could be causing this? Maybe a software malfunction? My WINDOWS XP is legit, and I have run every spy-ware program in the book...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Now when you say goes to a blank screen, do you mean that the operating system loads again. Such as you can see the Windows XP logo come up. If this is so I would say your power supply is g etting ready to go belly up on you. Take a look at one of my DOTD post. There is a good deal on a power supply.
It's possible it could be a software issue. To be on the safe side, do a scandisk and a defrag. Even if is says you don't need to do a defrag, do one anyway. If it's real bad, do two defrags.
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It's possible it could be a software issue. To be on the safe side, do a scandisk and a defrag. Even if is says you don't need to do a defrag, do one anyway. If it's real bad, do two defrags.
Now when you say goes to a blank screen, do you mean that the operating system loads again. Such as you can see the Windows XP logo come up. If this is so I would say your power supply is g etting ready to go belly up on you. Take a look at one of my DOTD post. There is a good deal on a power supply.
Thanks for the reply
When I say it re-starts, it's as if I just turned my PC on, so it runs the checks (IDE) and whatever else...then I have to put my PW in to log-in
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:
Now when you say goes to a blank screen, do you mean that the operating system loads again. Such as you can see the Windows XP logo come up. If this is so I would say your power supply is g etting ready to go belly up on you. Take a look at one of my DOTD post. There is a good deal on a power supply.
Thanks for the reply
When I say it re-starts, it's as if I just turned my PC on, so it runs the checks (IDE) and whatever else...then I have to put my PW in to log-in
Give me a yell back when you do the scandisk and defrag. Although I'm pretty sure it's your power supply.
I think you're right about it being the power supply. I have run scan disk/defrag numerous times with no luck. What goes in to removing the old and installing the new power supply? Do you think if I were to go to COMPUSA or a PC store and purchase a power supply, they could just switch them up real quick, or is it more complicated than it seems?
Thanks so much for the help
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:
Give me a yell back when you do the scandisk and defrag. Although I'm pretty sure it's your power supply.
I think you're right about it being the power supply. I have run scan disk/defrag numerous times with no luck. What goes in to removing the old and installing the new power supply? Do you think if I were to go to COMPUSA or a PC store and purchase a power supply, they could just switch them up real quick, or is it more complicated than it seems?
Turns out part of my mother board got burned,which is the reason for the problem ( according to the guy at PC CLUB ) Had to buy a new one for $60 and have to pay $100 to install it
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Lippsman-
Turns out part of my mother board got burned,which is the reason for the problem ( according to the guy at PC CLUB ) Had to buy a new one for $60 and have to pay $100 to install it
Turns out part of my mother board got burned,which is the reason for the problem ( according to the guy at PC CLUB ) Had to buy a new one for $60 and have to pay $100 to install it
The motherboard got zapped, but the power supply was O.K. That is a bit strange.
But glad you got it fixed.
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Quote Originally Posted by MMACapper:
Lippsman-
Turns out part of my mother board got burned,which is the reason for the problem ( according to the guy at PC CLUB ) Had to buy a new one for $60 and have to pay $100 to install it
The motherboard got zapped, but the power supply was O.K. That is a bit strange.
Power Supplies very rarely go bad, as in this case, most power\reboot issues can be traced back to the motherboard either directly or indirectly.
You got robbed on the motherboard installation but that is par for the course. All you do is pop a few screws out, make some quick notes on where everything was plugged in, place the new one in and refer to your notes to get everything plugged back in correctly. 15 mins tops, just needless fear of the unknown keeps the installation prices jacked up like they are.
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Power Supplies very rarely go bad, as in this case, most power\reboot issues can be traced back to the motherboard either directly or indirectly.
You got robbed on the motherboard installation but that is par for the course. All you do is pop a few screws out, make some quick notes on where everything was plugged in, place the new one in and refer to your notes to get everything plugged back in correctly. 15 mins tops, just needless fear of the unknown keeps the installation prices jacked up like they are.
Power Supplies very rarely go bad, as in this case, most power\reboot issues can be traced back to the motherboard either directly or indirectly.
We replace about 5 power supplies a week in the shop. Between people not having thier computer on a UPS. Plus we are at the beach and we get those 15 minute lighting storms all of the time and the cheap Chinese power supplies they are putting in these sub $500 computers there are quite a few power supplies that go belly up.
We actually have a $15 dollar cheapie power supply and a high end $150 Antec power supply cracked open so we can show people the difference.
But $100 is a good bit high to replace the motherboard. Although you won't just pop a few screws out in 15 minutes and replace the motherboard on one of these HP's/Compaq's or the slimline desktops. It takes you 15 minutes to even crack the damn case open and get all the crap out of the way to even get to the motherboard.
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Quote Originally Posted by THE SOLUTION:
Power Supplies very rarely go bad, as in this case, most power\reboot issues can be traced back to the motherboard either directly or indirectly.
We replace about 5 power supplies a week in the shop. Between people not having thier computer on a UPS. Plus we are at the beach and we get those 15 minute lighting storms all of the time and the cheap Chinese power supplies they are putting in these sub $500 computers there are quite a few power supplies that go belly up.
We actually have a $15 dollar cheapie power supply and a high end $150 Antec power supply cracked open so we can show people the difference.
But $100 is a good bit high to replace the motherboard. Although you won't just pop a few screws out in 15 minutes and replace the motherboard on one of these HP's/Compaq's or the slimline desktops. It takes you 15 minutes to even crack the damn case open and get all the crap out of the way to even get to the motherboard.
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