[SWLUG] Help!

[bascule]

is the fan failing, causing the cpu to overheat and triggering automatic 
shutoff? if you can reboot straightaway are there any temp indicators in the 
bios you can look at?

bascule

On Tuesday 06 May 2003 2:20 pm, Davage, Marcus wrote:
> Please accept my apologies for being sort-of off-topic - it's only because
> of the wealth of wisdom and help that you have already provided so many
> supplicants!
>
> My problem is this:
> My PC keeps spontaneously shutting down or rebooting. It doesn't matter
> whether it's W2K or Linux (I have dual boot). I switch it on, do some work
> for a few minutes/few hours (it is totally arbitrary) and *click* it's
> suddenly off, and it may - or may not - reboot. What's the problem? Is it
> something to do with the power unit, or is it overheating? What can I do? I
> built it myself two years ago with no problems before now, and I'm rapidly
> losing patience/ideas/work/data. I'm afraid it's going to trash my h/d.
>
> >
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