Computer turns itself off

m22au · Dec 17, 2002

Does anyone have suggestions as to what is causing my computer to turn itself off?

I'm not anywhere near any of the cables. And I'm not anywhere near the power button either

uptik2000 · Dec 17, 2002

does it start up right away afterwards?
you might have a short in one of the circuit boards.

LongShot · Dec 17, 2002

whats power management look like?

Lobster · Dec 17, 2002

Quote from m22au:

Does anyone have suggestions as to what is causing my computer to turn itself off?

I'm not anywhere near any of the cables. And I'm not anywhere near the power button either

I moved to Florida from the civilized world. Over here they have power outages every couple of weeks. Throughout the first 23 years of my life I had experienced maybe 5 power outages total. Since I moved to FL last year, probably around 15.

Sanjuro · Dec 17, 2002

Maybe your computer is telling you that you
should enjoy the rest of the day outside!

m22au · Dec 17, 2002

Quote from Sanjuro:

Maybe your computer is telling you that you
should enjoy the rest of the day outside!

Well I could do that, but it's 11:40am and I 've been up since 5pm, so I should be getting to bed soon

m22au · Dec 17, 2002

Quote from LongShot:

whats power management look like?

I hope that it isn't, and I'm fairly sure that it isn't someone else controlling it remotely. I have both Zone Alarm and Norton Internet Security running.

What is "power management" ? Is it a program in Windows?

m22au · Dec 17, 2002

Quote from uptik2000:

does it start up right away afterwards?
you might have a short in one of the circuit boards.

Yes it does start up right away afterwards. How do I check for a short in the circuit boards?

dottom · Dec 17, 2002

Do you have suspend enabled? e.g. when you power back up from a power-off, does it just do a normal bootup or does it come back to where you were (same applications & windows open, etc.)?

Do you have anything connected to USB/parallel/serial port that would be sending a shutdown signal? (e.g. UPS)

m22au · Dec 17, 2002

Quote from Lobster:

I moved to Florida from the civilized world. Over here they have power outages every couple of weeks. Throughout the first 23 years of my life I had experienced maybe 5 power outages total. Since I moved to FL last year, probably around 15.

Thanks for the suggestion Lobster, but I don't think it is a power outage. The computer is only a few weeks old, and this didn't happen with my old one.