MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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my pc keeps randomly powering down... is the PSU the most likely culprit? Or possibly the power switch on the box seeing as it gets pressed daily (ish)?
I'll try to keep this breif because my last attempt at explaining the prob was lost when the pc powered down.
could a fault on the dvd drive, hard drive or motherboard/cpu cause it to just power down (as if the plug has been removed)?
Vague I know but any help/advice would be appreciated.
sometimes the power just goes and i have to flick the on/off switch on the PSU itself before trying the button on the case, sometimes it comes straight back (lights on the case) but doesn't boot up the PC until I press the restart button on the case.
it's quite a cheap case so maybe the on/off/restart buttons are on the way out. Can these be bypassed permanently?
I'll try to keep this breif because my last attempt at explaining the prob was lost when the pc powered down.
could a fault on the dvd drive, hard drive or motherboard/cpu cause it to just power down (as if the plug has been removed)?
Vague I know but any help/advice would be appreciated.
sometimes the power just goes and i have to flick the on/off switch on the PSU itself before trying the button on the case, sometimes it comes straight back (lights on the case) but doesn't boot up the PC until I press the restart button on the case.
it's quite a cheap case so maybe the on/off/restart buttons are on the way out. Can these be bypassed permanently?