Xarzu Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 My new Vista computer sometimes unexpectedly shuts off. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Are you sure it turned itself off as opposed to just went "to sleep"? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laozi Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Thats weird, my vista computer pretty much has to ask me three times to do anything. Hes so cautious, like a Paul Atreides at that age. People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 (edited) Could be a hardware switch kicking in because your CPU fan isn't spinning fast enough, or the monitoring software doesn't think it does, I had that once and it would beep once and power down, ostensibly to save the CPU from meltdown, although the temp was just fine, the monitoring software didn't believe my fan was capable of keeping it cool at low RPMs. Edited April 9, 2008 by Gorgon Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Use this for office work, browsing, youtube, music, movies, development, fancy-schmancy transparent-window eye-candy, and even for playing older games. Use this or this for playing newer games. There you go. Bulletproof solution. It's cheap and you can enjoy your hardware for 4-5 years without having to upgrade. Now, if only I could convince myself to adopt my own solution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 (edited) If I remember correctly, Vista is programed to shut off the screen as the default screen-saver - and it will go to sleep soon after that. I have my system tweaked in these respects, so I cannot remember how long the original wait-time was, but I think it was something around ten minutes. Also, what are your system specs? Edited April 9, 2008 by Deadly_Nightshade "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarzu Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 I needed to upgrade some software. Once that was done, the computer runs well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now