Please help with spontaneous shut downs

[ECLiPSE 2002]

I have Win XP SP3 that for years has been fully functional, however,
in the last week the pc has been shutting down spontaneously.

I remember that this was a problem when XP was new and there were
fixes suggested to resolve the error.

Can some kind soul recall what might be the cause or causes and the
fixes or work arounds that may remedy the problem.

Many thanks for any assistance,

Mary

 

[philo]

Good points. If it is a Dell and thermal related it should be recorded
in the CMOS system log.

all good advice

also: run the mfg's HD diagnostic

 

[ECLiPSE 2002]

I have Win XP SP3 that for years has been fully functional, however,
in the last week the pc has been shutting down spontaneously.

I remember that this was a problem when XP was new and there were
fixes suggested to resolve the error.

Can some kind soul recall what might be the cause or causes and the
fixes or work arounds that may remedy the problem.

Many thanks for any assistance,

Mary

Thanks to the responders - I have a Compaq pc and will see if they
have a diagnostic that will show temps as Dell provides.

Mary