My wife's computer is doing some strange things.
It randomly shuts off after about 10 or 20 minutes and the
screen goes black. I took it to Fry's and they ran a one hour diagnostic
on the computer and the hardware checked out OK.
Any ideas on what is going on with the Operating System?

Fry's is a good place for buying stuff, but I wouldn't put too much stock in
their diagnostic capabilities, especially with a problem that cannot be
reproduced on demand.  Just because they say the hardware is ok doesn't make
it so.

Please tell us more details on exactly what the PC does.  I'm looking for
description of the shutdown event like:

"It's running along and then *BOOM* everything turns off including the fans
instantly."

Fan keeps running.

"It's running along and then the "Windows is shutting down" message flashes
and then everything is off."

Just goes black on the monitor.

"It's running along and then the hard drive seems to go slightly bananas and
the system doesn't respond, and then everything is off but I can still hear
the fans."

Nothing like that.

You get the idea.

Russell Kent

First I want to thank all the guys that sent me suggestions. Too many to publish.
Bill, Mike, Chad, Karl, Norman, Tim, Rick, Steve. Thanks to all.

Russell here is asking questions so I will respond to this one.


Paul Lamar
 
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