PC Blackout/Power Off

[maharisji]

My screen goes black and I must wait before turning power back on. It seems
the longer I leave it off, the longer it stays on when I restart it. This can
happen at any time. I recently spilled coke on my keyboard and mouse. I
plugged in a new mouse and cleaned keyboard--both seem to work alright.
Could the spill be the problem?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

It sounds a lot like what happens when the CPU gets too hot. If it's way too
hot to touch, that's it. The fan might not be securely connected.

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[nass]

My screen goes black and I must wait before turning power back on. It seems
the longer I leave it off, the longer it stays on when I restart it. This can
happen at any time. I recently spilled coke on my keyboard and mouse. I
plugged in a new mouse and cleaned keyboard--both seem to work alright.
Could the spill be the problem?

I can sense from your description that you may have an overheating problem
with your computer.
The spillage of Coke on the KB and Mouse will not do this kind of symptoms!.

Have a look in the Event Viewer and send us the error messages you will see
there in your next post:
Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the
error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
Does it happen when you start in clean boot?.
HTH.
nass

 

[maharisji]

No errors in security subgroup, only error in system group is DCom. I took
cover off
PC to clean and found that the CPU fan is not turning. I'm using a table fan
now until I replace it--no shutdowns yet!

My screen goes black and I must wait before turning power back on. It seems
the longer I leave it off, the longer it stays on when I restart it. This can
happen at any time. I recently spilled coke on my keyboard and mouse. I
plugged in a new mouse and cleaned keyboard--both seem to work alright.
Could the spill be the problem?

I can sense from your description that you may have an overheating problem
with your computer.
The spillage of Coke on the KB and Mouse will not do this kind of symptoms!.

Have a look in the Event Viewer and send us the error messages you will see
there in your next post:
Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the
error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
Does it happen when you start in clean boot?.
HTH.
nass

 

[nass]

So, as suspected an overheating because the Cooling Fan was dead.
Glad you made some progress and thanks foe letting us know.
Note: if you will get a shutdown error please post the log in the vent viewer.
Good luck.
nass
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No errors in security subgroup, only error in system group is DCom. I took
cover off
PC to clean and found that the CPU fan is not turning. I'm using a table fan
now until I replace it--no shutdowns yet!

My screen goes black and I must wait before turning power back on. It seems
the longer I leave it off, the longer it stays on when I restart it. This can
happen at any time. I recently spilled coke on my keyboard and mouse. I
plugged in a new mouse and cleaned keyboard--both seem to work alright.
Could the spill be the problem?

I can sense from your description that you may have an overheating problem
with your computer.
The spillage of Coke on the KB and Mouse will not do this kind of symptoms!.

Have a look in the Event Viewer and send us the error messages you will see
there in your next post:
Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the
error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
Does it happen when you start in clean boot?.
HTH.
nass