computer shuts down by itself XP Home

[Guest]

I bought this note book just 2 months back. I was trying to copy video from
sony camcorder to the pc thru the firewire pcmcia card a couple of days ago.
It was working fine then suddenly this shutdown problem started.

When I restarted, it would start and again shut off by itself without any
warning or any windows shutting down music. Also, whenever I am using any
application, same thing happens i.e. just shuts down, but not immediately,
after some time.

Then I left it on over night after fixing the power options and it did not
shut off!!

So, now I am totally confused as to where do I look for this problem and how
do I fix it? However, I feel its something to do with the operating memory
somewhere...but will this shut down the computer mysteriously? A lot of cache
or RAM is used when copying video into PC.

Pls advice.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Have you checked at the Event Viewer?
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer>Application.

If you have XP Professional then:-
Description of the Shutdown Event Tracker
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293814

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[S.Sengupta]

Sorry;I overlooked that you have XP Home.You don't need to go through
the KB Article,which is specific for XP Pro.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

Have you checked at the Event Viewer?
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer>Application.

If you have XP Professional then:-
Description of the Shutdown Event Tracker
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293814

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

I bought this note book just 2 months back. I was trying to copy video
from sony camcorder to the pc thru the firewire pcmcia card a couple
of days ago. It was working fine then suddenly this shutdown problem
started.
When I restarted, it would start and again shut off by itself without
any warning or any windows shutting down music. Also, whenever I am
using any application, same thing happens i.e. just shuts down, but
not immediately, after some time.
Then I left it on over night after fixing the power options and it did
not shut off!!

So, now I am totally confused as to where do I look for this problem
and how do I fix it? However, I feel its something to do with the
operating memory somewhere...but will this shut down the computer
mysteriously? A lot of cache or RAM is used when copying video into PC.

Pls advice.

 

[NoStop]

I bought this note book just 2 months back. I was trying to copy video
from sony camcorder to the pc thru the firewire pcmcia card a couple of
days ago. It was working fine then suddenly this shutdown problem started.

When I restarted, it would start and again shut off by itself without any
warning or any windows shutting down music. Also, whenever I am using any
application, same thing happens i.e. just shuts down, but not immediately,
after some time.

Then I left it on over night after fixing the power options and it did not
shut off!!

So, now I am totally confused as to where do I look for this problem and
how do I fix it? However, I feel its something to do with the operating
memory somewhere...but will this shut down the computer mysteriously? A
lot of cache or RAM is used when copying video into PC.

Pls advice.

The CPU is probably overheating. Return it while it is still under warranty
and get it fixed.