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Computer shuts off a few times after cleaning

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September 26, 2014 1:44:24 AM

This is a really strange problem, I'm not sure why it happens or where the issue is coming from but it's done it a few times now. My friend told me not to question results, but I know it's not that simple, there's clearly an underlying issue here. Today I gave my computer a blast with compressed air, just to get some excess dust outta there since it sounds like my system fans are working overtime lately. So, I unplug it from the main, turn off the power supply and hold in the power button for a few second to make sure there's no power going to the board what so ever. I give a little blast of compressed air and then start up the machine again. It gets past post and starts to load up windows and then just powers off, it does this a few times and keeps on doing it. Now here's the strange bit. How I resolve it :S I literally (as you would in this situation) open up the chasis and check for anything you might have knocked out of place, when everything seems in order I boot it up without that part of the chasis on the side to check for anything bad like, yano, sparks, smoke or an odd smell. But as soon as I boot it up without the chasis on BOOM, it just...Works :S So, I know what you're thinking. Clearly something is overheating right? Well, it gets more weird. If I put that chasis back together after it boots up, it just works... But surely it can't be that simple? right, things don't just work. But this seems to work for my computer every time, it's almost like it throws some sort of tantrum for being cleaned. But we all know that's not really the case! Anyone got any idea's?

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September 26, 2014 5:57:07 AM

yo, you might want to fix up the position of some of the cables in your machine? the chassis could be getting in the way of cabling and therefore causing your components to not be plugged in properly, stuffin up ur PC

I know this was the cause for some of my problems back in the day, good luck tho
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