My Computer Turns Itself Off?

This is been happening since Day 1 with my computer.

Whenever I use Runescape/WOW/Msn Messenger
my computer just switches itself off.

This is extremely frequent.

Anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks.

 

Somethings wrong...=/

 

Your computer might be overheating.
Or that your computer is infested with a virus.

 

Or some program is missing.

 

Ok let me give you an intelligent answer.

Your computer is overheating. Computers will automatically shut off if they get to hot.

To fix this problem do this:

1. Check if you hear your computer fan running.

2. If not open the case, there should be a wire connected to the fan and there should be a connection on the motherbour were you can plug it in. so plug it in.

3. If the fan is working then clean out the dust in your computer (dont use a vacumm)

 

Yeah a vacumm will totally fry everything. Use Dust Off or some other Airspray

 

I've seen some malware that does this. If it is malware/trojan it will initiate the 30 second shutdown upon detection. You need to issue a Start>Run>Shutdown -A command and that will kill the shutdown process when it starts. Get Adaware and run it in short bursts - like let it catch 1-20 items, stop the process, remove the items and start over. Keep doing this until no item are found. Any time during the scan when the shutdown window appears quickly click on Start>Run and run the Shutdown -A command so the cleaning process can continue.

 

I suppose it would be possible for the virus to use a force shutdown procedure.

 

a virus can do anything thats why unintelligent people always blame there problems on viruses... but it is a possibility

 

My computer has the same promblem but i thinks its cause of a virus

 

Plenty of possibilities:

Heat related issue.
Hardware issue or error.
Computer virus.
Issue with operating system.

Some computers some with thermal sensors (i have an emachine with a thermal sensor) what you need to do is boot your computer, so into the system setup, usually its f2, check for a "hardware monitor" option, if you cant find it, it may not be equipped with your computer.

If anything was recently add to your computer (hardware related) try removing it, it may be conflicting with your current hardware.

some computer virus's are designed to shut the computer off when certain programs are executed.

if all else fails, it may be windows OS, that may be doing it. something in windows may be missing or corrupt thats conflicting with the programs your trying to open. You might have to reinstall windows.

possible hardware that would crash your computer:

RAM, CPU, Motherboard, and the power supply.

hope this helped.

 

Well 50% correct.

 

Dont think that the chances of this being a virus is extremely low.

When a CPU gets to a certian tempature the computer will shut down. and the CPU will get hotter when playing games

 

Yes, because they're more CPU intensive.

 

check your BIOS because i think you have your setting for "Automatic Shut-Down" Temperature at a low setting...
this causes the computer to shut down everytime it hits like 30 degrees Celsius.

 

If you're going to post please post contributingly.

And thanks everyone, i've got the problem fixed.
The fan wasn't working properly.

 

ok first make sure you computer isnt sitting on a carpet second buy some canned air and give it a good cleaning, im talking fans psu and everything, then check your event viewer control panel>administrative tools>event viewer check for errors drivers may cause problems but its unlikely, the most likely cause is overheating thought as afore mentioned

 

the same thing was happening to my computer except it would overheat or something when it got to the desktop, do a system restore to the last day it was working, clean your comp out and take the panel off when your playing

 

Oh Noes! ur computer is suicidal

I don't blame it, i'd kill myself too if someone tryed to play WoW on me!

 

this usually means that your computor is missing a file or doesnt have the up-to-date downloads. try to download the new versions of java and scripts for the other things.