- Jun 5, 2013
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Hello everyone,
I am a very new member to this website and I signed up because I am facing a problem with my pc and I hope the experts in this site could solve the issue before I send my pc to a repair shop or graveyard.
Its been two months since I am facing this problem with my computer. If I use my pc for about 2-4 hours of normal use, or if I open multiple tabs while surfing net, or if I play games for 15-30 minutes, then my computer is first getting hanged, remaining in that state for 1-3 seconds and then its shutting down. I have also seen that the red light on my cabinet that represents the hdd light is turning off when my pc is automatically shutting down. Again after some time, like after 15-30 seconds or max. 45 seconds my pc is restarting automatically. These automatic shut downs and auto restarts have happened till now for each day 5-6 times in these two months when I was working on it.
I had also send it to a pc repair shop but they didn't face any shut downs at all !!! The engineer was saying that there was no problem with hardware, yet he cleaned up my pc from dust and also formatted it.
But when I brought it back to my home, then after one day again the same problem continued. But this time if i multitask or surf the net for 3-4 hours then its again turning off but this time after 15-30 seconds later I had seen the hdd light is glowing for 3 seconds and then turning off. (Previously if my hdd light would glow back then my pc would restart automatically but not this time so I have to manually press the reset button on the cabinet for restarting my pc).
And when my pc starts to shut down then if i restart it manually then even if i do light tasks on it still it will keep on shuting down. It will run for 10-15 minutes and then turn off and then i again restart it and it goes on and on.
1. Intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz E4600. (5 years old)
2. Intel DG41KR mobo LGA 775 socket. (1 year old) [I had changed to this mobo before my asus p5gc 945, lga 775 socket, ddr2 ram supporting mobo was dead].
3. Seagate 160 gb hdd sata. (5 years old)
4. Zion 4gb ram 1333 fsb ddr3. (1 year old) [Previously I had transcend 1 gb ddr2 ram but after i installed this mobo this ram is of no use]
5. PSU-cooler master 500 watts xtreme power plus series. (1 year old) [Previously I had zebronics atx smps 450 w]
6. Zebronics atx cabinet. (5 years old)
7. graphics card - none. 8. UPS - none. 9. LG 17 inch LCD monitor.
Pls note:- I am not mentioning rest of the components becoz i dont think they are of any importance or having any problem. [I know that this configuration is too old for you guys but before 5 years from now this was one of the best mid-range pc configuration. Becoz there was no intel i3,5,or 7 at that time.]
If you all see then it seems that my processor and hdd is five years old, now thats a thing. But after my pc shutted down then I saw that the processor fan still running. The power supply green light on my cabinet was also on. I dont know but there may be over heating issue although there is no sign of it. But the most important thing is my hdd light is turning of in each case. I had also faced this type of problem before but that time it was the mobo but this time I have got a new mobo.
So there are lots of things to arise my question that exactly which component of my pc is to blame, so that I can change that part and my pc will be fine again.
And thank you to all in advance !!!!!
I am a very new member to this website and I signed up because I am facing a problem with my pc and I hope the experts in this site could solve the issue before I send my pc to a repair shop or graveyard.
Its been two months since I am facing this problem with my computer. If I use my pc for about 2-4 hours of normal use, or if I open multiple tabs while surfing net, or if I play games for 15-30 minutes, then my computer is first getting hanged, remaining in that state for 1-3 seconds and then its shutting down. I have also seen that the red light on my cabinet that represents the hdd light is turning off when my pc is automatically shutting down. Again after some time, like after 15-30 seconds or max. 45 seconds my pc is restarting automatically. These automatic shut downs and auto restarts have happened till now for each day 5-6 times in these two months when I was working on it.
I had also send it to a pc repair shop but they didn't face any shut downs at all !!! The engineer was saying that there was no problem with hardware, yet he cleaned up my pc from dust and also formatted it.
But when I brought it back to my home, then after one day again the same problem continued. But this time if i multitask or surf the net for 3-4 hours then its again turning off but this time after 15-30 seconds later I had seen the hdd light is glowing for 3 seconds and then turning off. (Previously if my hdd light would glow back then my pc would restart automatically but not this time so I have to manually press the reset button on the cabinet for restarting my pc).
And when my pc starts to shut down then if i restart it manually then even if i do light tasks on it still it will keep on shuting down. It will run for 10-15 minutes and then turn off and then i again restart it and it goes on and on.
My computer specifications :-
1. Intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz E4600. (5 years old)
2. Intel DG41KR mobo LGA 775 socket. (1 year old) [I had changed to this mobo before my asus p5gc 945, lga 775 socket, ddr2 ram supporting mobo was dead].
3. Seagate 160 gb hdd sata. (5 years old)
4. Zion 4gb ram 1333 fsb ddr3. (1 year old) [Previously I had transcend 1 gb ddr2 ram but after i installed this mobo this ram is of no use]
5. PSU-cooler master 500 watts xtreme power plus series. (1 year old) [Previously I had zebronics atx smps 450 w]
6. Zebronics atx cabinet. (5 years old)
7. graphics card - none. 8. UPS - none. 9. LG 17 inch LCD monitor.
Pls note:- I am not mentioning rest of the components becoz i dont think they are of any importance or having any problem. [I know that this configuration is too old for you guys but before 5 years from now this was one of the best mid-range pc configuration. Becoz there was no intel i3,5,or 7 at that time.]
If you all see then it seems that my processor and hdd is five years old, now thats a thing. But after my pc shutted down then I saw that the processor fan still running. The power supply green light on my cabinet was also on. I dont know but there may be over heating issue although there is no sign of it. But the most important thing is my hdd light is turning of in each case. I had also faced this type of problem before but that time it was the mobo but this time I have got a new mobo.
So there are lots of things to arise my question that exactly which component of my pc is to blame, so that I can change that part and my pc will be fine again.
Oh yes, and I used this pc for entertainment purpose like playing games like Prince of persia SoT, POP WW, max payne 1 and 2, IGI 1 and 2, vice city, halo 1 etc. And also for viewing 480p or 720p movies, surfing lots on internet etc.
And thank you to all in advance !!!!!
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