Re: Computer shuts off by itself

ilyaz wrote:

Within a few weeks, a strange thing happened twice: my computer would
shut off by itself. I did not touch it, there was no power outage,
nothing evident. After shut off, it will reboot fine.
What causes this shut off?
Any suggestion is appreciated.

How often does the machine shut down? Randomly? If it is shutting down
frequently and randomly, that points to hardware issues. The culprit(s)
could be overheating, flaky RAM, bad power supply, etc. Here are some
general hardware troubleshooting steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

Malke
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