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I had random shut downs and spent two days trying to sort it out. it was only the dicky psu. Get a new one before anything else. Mine only cost £20.
Poor psu's cause weird and wonderful effects to a computer. Computers should be sold with a spare! Psu fail gradually unfortunately.

Hi Techies
this is satya.
i am using windows-xp s2 in my computer ,but it is shutting down randomly, without any msg or warning. can u plz suggest me what to do, should i install windows-xp windows again to my compuetr by formatting d previous one......

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I've split this thread as it is a separate issue from that of the original poster.

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Does it shut off or reboot? Generally OS errors cause a reboot and hardware problems cause a shutdown.

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hi satya, try to re-install first your OS, if it doesn't help then it might be a hardware problem check your PSU and make sure also that your processor fan is working properly.. co'z overheating will cause the system to keep rebooting

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I'd start with the temperature check before formating, 80% of the random reboots are solved with that

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