[FireFox2005]

every time i load up xp home in safe mode and in regular mode after some time ussually a short period it will just shut its self off and it is really aggervating and i could really use some help is there anything that i could do to fix this problem if so then please tell me

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Shuts OFF or reboots?

Off is generally heat--you need to open your computer and clean out the dust bunnies.

Reboots is typically memory, but can be many things.

[gerryf]

Shuts OFF or reboots?

Off is generally heat--you need to open your computer and clean out the dust bunnies.

Reboots is typically memory, but can be many things.

[gerryf]

...including drivers, faulty system files, power supply....

[FireFox2005]

it will like shut down but when ever its off and i have an optical mouse and i will press the on button and the mouse will be on while the comp is still off because it takes several pushes of the button for it to turn on

[gerryf]

that sounds like a failing power supply....though, is it ALWAYS like that or if you leave it alone for a while, and come back does it start right up


If it is always like that, I woudl lean toward power supply, if you allow it to cool between sessions, I still say heat

[FireFox2005]

it has just recently started doing it about 2 days ago and i just press the on button a few times till the lights go on and everything and then after a few minutes it will just cut off its got 256mb of RAM and it runs pretty slow i want to get it to a good fast running speed it will take about 15 sec for my documents to come up after being clicked on and when i am playing music and opening like fire fox the music will slow down uintill firefox is completly loaded

[FireFox2005]

a few months ago i had a new mother board and processer put in it because it had been fried because of lightning and i saved the hard drives and the dvd rom and cd burner and it had been working great i guess i just up loaded it to much and now its been turning off and its really frustrating

[FireFox2005]

im in dire need of some help

[FireFox2005]

Yeah i discovered that the fan on the power supply went out now is there any way that i could remove only the fan and replace it or do i need a new power supply