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November 8th, 2014, 01:54 AM
#1
Computer shut off
I am not sure what is going on with my pc. A few times it just rebooted my itself, also. My computer shuts off while in windows. I use win xp pro. Can this occur when a hard drive is going bad?
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November 8th, 2014, 02:05 AM
#2
Most times when the power supply is going out. Sometimes, when the motherboard has bad caps on it. Which computer is this? Name and model number or model number of motherboard if self built, would help us help you.
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November 8th, 2014, 02:39 AM
#3
Hi, Photolady. My MB is the Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. I really think my hard drive is going bad. When I click on windows explorer and it opens to my computer, it makes a loud sound from my hard drive that I noticed before.
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November 8th, 2014, 03:23 AM
#4
I also forgot to say after I reboot and use my computer for a few hours and then I go to watch a youtube video, the audio is not in sync with the video. The audio sounds fine but the movement of the mouth is slower than the audio. Another indicator of a hard drive going bad?
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November 8th, 2014, 05:15 AM
#5
Another indicator of a hard drive going bad?
No.
Heat can be another reason for spontaneous rebooting. Have you cleaned/dusted the inside of the computer recently? Including the graphics card and CPU heatsink/fan? Power supply ducts/fans? Chassis fans?
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November 8th, 2014, 03:45 PM
#6
Did you run diagnostics on the drive? You already said you were having problems with it. You could just swap out the drive with your SSD as you planned. That would take the hard drive out of the equation.
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...45#post1476645
As Photolady said, it could be a power supply or motherboard issue.
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November 8th, 2014, 03:47 PM
#7
First guess ailing power supply. Second guess bad graphics driver. I'd download a live Linux distro such as Ubuntu or Mint, burn it to a DVD then boot to the DVD and see what happens when running Linux off the DVD. This totally eliminates both the hard drive and Windows as possible sources of the problem.
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November 8th, 2014, 03:54 PM
#8
Instructions:
A Live CD/DVD or USB flash drive contains a complete bootable computer operating system (OS). When you boot a computer from it, the OS loads into, and then runs from memory instead of a hard drive. This allows you to run an OS without installing it or making any changes to a computer's current configuration.
To create one, download an ISO file containing the OS you want to use, (such as Ubuntu, Slax or Zorin), then use something like ISO Recorder to burn it to a CD/DVD or USB key.
Now boot your computer from this disc/key and your computer will be running that OS instead of the one on its hard drive.
When you're done, simply reboot your PC from the hard drive.
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November 10th, 2014, 04:08 AM
#9
Earlier I shut down my computer and took out my graphics card and air dusted the fan. After I reseated the card and turned computer back on to reboot, it wouldn't boot up. It would stop at the bios screen. I tried several times and it would stop at bios screen every time. So, I waited several hours and came back and tried to reboot and it booted up fine then. That happened a few times in the past several weeks.
Midknyte, I have a WD hard drive. How can I run the diagonosis for it?
Derp and Spyware, thanks for that info. I never did that before and am unfamiliar with those type of OS. I would download it on an USB flash drive and am thinking of using the Zorin OS. Which one from the link below do I download?
SpywareDr, the ISO recorder link in your post does not work. Which one should I use? After I burn it to a flash drive and boot up with it, what should I do after it boots into the Zorin OS?
http://www.zorin-os.com/free.html
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November 10th, 2014, 11:57 AM
#10
Originally Posted by JLS
Earlier I shut down my computer and took out my graphics card and air dusted the fan. After I reseated the card and turned computer back on to reboot, it wouldn't boot up. It would stop at the bios screen. I tried several times and it would stop at bios screen every time. So, I waited several hours and came back and tried to reboot and it booted up fine then. That happened a few times in the past several weeks.
Are you sure the fan on the graphics card is still spinning? What about the CPU, PSU and any case fans?
Originally Posted by JLS
Midknyte, I have a WD hard drive. How can I run the diagonosis for it?
Here you go: http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...vel1=6&lang=en
Originally Posted by JLS
Derp and Spyware, thanks for that info.
You're welcome.
Originally Posted by JLS
I never did that before and am unfamiliar with those type of OS. I would download it on an USB flash drive and am thinking of using the Zorin OS. Which one from the link below do I download?
"Zorin OS Lite" would be fine.
Originally Posted by JLS
SpywareDr, the ISO recorder link in your post does not work. Which one should I use?
Oops, looks like he must have moved the page. Google found the new location here: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com
Originally Posted by JLS
After I burn it to a flash drive and boot up with it, what should I do after it boots into the Zorin OS?
Explore the OS and try some of the programs available, open a broswer and surf the 'net, view a few Youtube videos, play some music and/or games, etc., etc., etc. The intent is to see if the computer seems to be running fine:
- If so, then the problems you're having when the computer is booted normally would be software related.
- If not, then the problem you have when the computer is booted normally would be hardware related.
Make sense?
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November 11th, 2014, 03:19 PM
#11
SpywareDr, yes that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
The link to the graphics card I use is below. Perhaps, this issue could be that I need to update my video card driver? How can I update it and know which driver I need to update?
http://www.amazon.com/HIS-H485QT512P...Radeon+HD+4800
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November 11th, 2014, 03:28 PM
#12
I forgot to mention that I do not have the cd that came with the card.
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November 11th, 2014, 05:56 PM
#13
It looks like you can download the latest version available for your Operating System on this page: http://www.hisdigital.com/un/download1-28.shtml
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November 11th, 2014, 06:08 PM
#14
SpywareDr, would it be the first listing on that page of the link you provided which is ATI Catalyst: 1012 (ref no. 1102)? I just started to download it and the time remaining for the download says 6 hours?
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November 11th, 2014, 06:20 PM
#15
I don't know which operating system you're using or what your download speed might be.
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