old jon Wrote:
> "anis" anis.1ti6ys@hardwarebanter.com wrote in message
> news:anis.1ti6ys@hardwarebanter.com...-
>
> system specs- AMD athlon 3000 Xp, 1 gig ddr 400 ram, creative ati
> 9600
> pro graphics card, maxtor 80 gig hard drive, asrock K7S8XE
> motherboard,
> psu 450w. windows xp service pack 2.
>
> recently my sytem started to shutdown by itself this could be during
> whiel surfing the net or when playing games. after the system
> shutsdown
> it tries to boot up but shutsdown straight away and will continue
> doing
> this untill it finally loads windows. Once on windows it will then
> try
> and restart again automatically, sometimes i can stay on windows for
> a
> few hours till it happens. ive scanned various anti virus tools,
> antispyware , ms maulicous tools and so on. i did a system restore to
> try and fix the problem which it did it for a while for it to return.
> then i decided to reformat but the problem still came back. everytime
> i
> do a system restore or use the last known good configuration on boot
> menu i can get a few good hours on the pc.i have also ticked off the
> auto restart in the strat up recovery options. any ideas guys thnx
>
> --
> anis
> -
> Always the quickest and easiest thing to do is, check for event errors.
> Go
> to your Event Viewer, and check for errors\warnings. see if there is
> anything amiss systemwise.
> best wishes..OJ
thn for reply,
i have checkd event viewer but only error i cud find was "Faulting
application drwtsn32.exe, version 5.1.2600.0, faulting module
dbghelp.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x0001295d."
as i am a pc newbie i decided to hand my pc in to local pc shop. They
phoned back saying it was infected with 37 virus so i got it back and
tried it at home it booted up normally first time, installed zonealarm
and then had to reboot for it to work. then i decided to connect to the
internet using my bt adsl usb modem in which a second of connecting my
system shut down by itself. once i tried pressing the power button it
starts up (fans, hd, led,and drives)and then powers off sumtimes 3,4,5
seconds of powering up. sometimes i can get onto windows desktop for it
to shutdown and repeat the process above. so i again gave it ack to pc
shop who ran the pc for 2-3 days non stop with no problems along with
the modem.
i have taken of autorestart when a problem is detectd in the system
properties an for the first time when booting up i was given the a blue
screen sayin about windowsn will shut down to prevent damage and a
message saying DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS or EQUAl it said a bit more but the
power went off before i could note anything else down.
The cpu temp is around 48-55 while playin games, cpu fans running at
around 2961-2987rpm, mobo temo 30,hard drive temp 34.
voltage values : cpu core 1.66v, +3.3 V = 3.26 V,+5 V = 4.89 V,
+12 V = 12.60 V,+5 V Standby = 4.92 V
does this sound like a faulty psu problem?
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anis
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