My PC is shutting down again and again ... Help plz!

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isildur2

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Hi people,

I am new in this forum due to the fact that I have a strange PC-problem.

The problem is that my PC just turns off, first the monitor, then the sound and finally just the PC is running on, but I can´t do anything. This happened about 10 times from yesterday evening to now. I don´t know what´s wrong, I hope you can help me.

Problable reasons could imo be:

-Virus? (If so, which one?)
-Hardware-problem? (temperature is ok and my RAM also)
-Windows XP? (I uninstalled Win2000 yesterday evening and formatted my c-partition and then installed WinXP, could this be the reason?)

Please please help me, I don´t know how to handle and noone of my friends knows a solution. :confused:

Thx alot in advance, isildur :)
 
Thx I´ll try this. But the problem is, that the shutting-downs are totally incalculably. Sometimes it happens after 1 minute and sometimes after 30 or 60 minutes. :(

May it be a problem, that there are still some programs/games running on my d-partition which have been installed under Win2000? (now I have XP running on my PC)...
 
Did this start after you did a format of C and installed XP, If so have you updated your chipset and video divers
 
It started after I´ve formatted my C partition and installed XP. Well, do you think this could be a problem concerning the graphic or other drivers?
Because, to be honest, I actually don´t know where to download the fitting drivers for my graphic card. :o

Thx :)
 
You can get the Chip drivers at the boards makers site or the chip makers site, You'll have to find out what kinda video you have to get there drivers? Look in control panel, systems, hardware, device manger or go to system tools then system information, find out what you have and download the newest drivers, would update the chip drivers first
 
So, I`ve donwloaded a 26mb catalyst- and drivers-package at the ATI-site and hope that it´s going to work now. Otherwise I will post here again sooner or later. :D
 
Thx I´ll try this. But the problem is, that the shutting-downs are totally incalculably. Sometimes it happens after 1 minute and sometimes after 30 or 60 minutes.
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Are the voltages stable? How about the temps?
 
my one done that so i had to wipe it and start again because it was a virus and i had a minute after it sed that it was going to shutdown
 
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