Ok so my HP desktop computer keeps shutting down automatically by it self. I will turn the power on it will show Windows XP and then shut off. Dont know what the problems is maybe there is a computer guru on azine trying to avoid taking it to geek squad, good thing I have 2 other computers

Plus this might not be in the right section I didnt see a sub forum for computers


Thanks

 

I had one of these last week, and it turned out to be a virus that infects EXPLORER.EXE (the Windows desktop) and WINLOGON.EXE. Remove the hard drive and install it as a slave drive in another PC that you know is clean, then run your antivirus program of choice (making sure it's up to date first) against the slave drive.

 

Sounds like a hardware issue to me.... maybe a bad power supply or mobo?

My cousin had a similar problem... the pc would boot up and you'd see the Windows logo, but then it'd shut down and restart. I swapped out the power supply and all was good.

With one other person, it turned out to be a bad mobo.

 

ok ill try that this week when I go to my parents

 

Could be a corrupted driver too. Can you boot Windows into Safe Mode?

 

Power supply is most likely item of hardware to fail. Also happens to be a pretty cheep piece. Grab one (keep the receipt) and see if it fixes it. If not, return it.

 

Happened to my pc. It also toasted my motherboard twice before I realized what was wrong. Luckily newegg warrantied the replacement MB the power supply toasted.

 

ill get a new power supply this week and try that out to see what happens

thanks guys

 

Seems like an overheating issue to me. Crack open the case and see if all the fans are spinning when you turn it on. The ball bearing in your CPU fan may have gone bad and its shutting down. Or it could be power supply too. Recently I had a client having the same issues, the pc would only be on for a few minutes and then shutdown. It ended up being the APC battery backup that it was plugged into was messed up and would crap out under load. But in my experience it's usually the cpu or power supply overheating.

But then I talk out of my ass a lot sooooo........

 

Make sure you use enough conductive gel when you put the new power supply in. Can have a dramatic effect.

 

I had 3 HP desktops at work do something similar and it turned out that the motherboards were done.

 

Boot up in safe mode and see how long it stays on...

 

Could be anything. Bad RAM, MB, power supply, HD, video card, Virus, bad driver....
Have to go through process of elimination.

 

+1

 

Used to happen to my old PC. Turns out it was a bad power switch...got a new one and it worked fine till I got rid of it. I'm sure I could've fixed it with duct tape...

 

 

I am having a similar issue on my Hp desktop. I keep getting sent to a blue screen, then the comp shuts down. I can boot up in safe mode. I also managed to run avast and found 3 viruses and got rid of them. Seems to be working fine right now. You tech guys think that the virus I found would do that? It was virus exe file type.

 

Get a Mac.

 

thats my next purchase in a couple of months keep the HP at my parents and the Mac at my house

 

 

More than likely a corrupt driver/s since it starts the boot process before shutting down.

 

 

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It refuses to turn on because it's not a mac

 

Safe Mode listing the loaded files is your friend

 

Can we get a Tech or PC help subforum on AZ?

 

Yes. I've seen it happen with infected PCs

Even after hooking up the HDD to another PC, scanning and cleaning it, it still wouldn't boot. So fresh install of Windows was only solution. Too many corrupted files I guess....