Computer resets itself please identify (diagnose) problem.....???

Question

Please help me...my computer all of a sudden shuts down itself and keeps on turning on and off...even without the hard drive it still goes on for a second and then resets and then goes on and then resets and one time when the hard drive was in it reset during the loading of windows and fried the hard drive...even after formatting it on a seperate computer it was too fried..
.back to the resetting computer...it isn't the power supply because i replaced it with a new one thinking it was the problem but it isn't it still resets...please help!?

Answer 1

If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.

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Answer 2

Most modern computers have temperature sensors on the motherboard and CPU. If the temperature on the motherboard, CPU or sometimes even inside the case gets to a pre-determined temperature, the computer will shut itself off as a self-preservation mechanism. It seems to me that one of these sensors might be fried. However, before messing with your BIOS, open the case and make sure that you blow all of the dust and lint out of all of the openings on the case, as well as any dust or lint that might be lying around inside your computer (perhaps on your heat sinks?) If this doesnt help, then you might be able to edit your BIOS. Depending on your computer, you might be able to get into the BIOS configs and override it. When you switch your computer on, hit either delete or escape (depending on the brand of your computer, it might even be some other key) and you should get a list of options. Find the one that says 'thermal protection' or something along those lines and toggle it to off.



Hope this helps.,

Vince

Answer 3

To help diagnose the problem listen to the beeps...



No Beeps Short, No power, Bad CPU/MB, Loose Peripherals

One Beep Everything is normal and Computer POSTed fine

Two Beeps POST/CMOS Error

One Long Beep, One Short Beep Motherboard Problem

One Long Beep, Two Short Beeps Video Problem

One Long Beep, Three Short Beeps Video Problem

Three Long Beeps Keyboard Error

Repeated Long Beeps Memory Error

Continuous Hi-Lo Beeps CPU Overheating

Answer 4

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Answer 5

first of all your laptop can no longer carry out a production facility reset without you pressing or understanding something. 2d, Norton is crap. it won't safeguard you from viruses, its an quite susceptible application. decide for something like AVG or Bullguard. Now approximately those archives. you will have the potential to accomplish a device fix by going into upload-ons then device. If no longer you are able to take your workstation to a restore save and that they might have the potential to extract your lost archives. in case you havn't pressed something then Im enormously specific your laptop hasnt completed a production facility reset. confirm your rigidity is connected exact and take a verify out restarting your workstation. If no longer take it to a restore save.

Answer 6

Did you run a memory scan by chance? It's completely possible that what was once pefectly fine memory chips somehow went funky and caused the computer to crash and reboot every time it scanned it on bootup. At what point does the computer get to before it reboots itself?

Answer 7

check to see if the temp of the cpu and the video card is too high touch the heat sinks them may be plugged with dust

Answer 8

if problem hardware:

first check of restart and on/off button

then make shore from RAM may have problem

else:

check for virus on hard or in motherboard(BIOS)

Answer 9

system registry problem...missing DLL file..use a recovery program dude