can you be more specific? From what little you posted I would GUESS and I really want to make certain you understand that its a WILD GUESS (and I have been in the buisness over 20 years)
1) cables
2) power supply
Now... can you be much more specific on all your exact hardware and exactly whats happening when the hard drive "shuts down"?
Thanks in advance. We really DO want to help. You just didnt give us a lot to work with
when you say it switchs off... You mean it (the drive) actually powers down? iT STOPS SPINNING OR WHAT ? And you pull the power plug.. (the one with four wires) while it is still powered up and it connects? Powered down or..... Please be as detailed as possible to get the best advice as we are not there like a normal repair tech. This is the internet and we depend on you for every ounce of info.
IF thats true I am now guessing power supply but you gave no details into your computer? Is it a home build? A Dell or what? Whats in it and whats the power supply rated at etc...?
AGAIN! We want to help and your starving us for info. Please be as complete as possible describing your computer. Yes we know its hard but do as MUCH as you can.
It is the tower I am talking about it just shuts down then I said I take the plug out put it back in then switch the tower back on I have the cable and fuses but no good
I have AMD Athlon (tm) XP
1.8 GHz
224 Ram
Windows xp Home edition
Thats nothing like the original post. You get no errors or anything and the whole computer just shuts off? Thats nothing like having the hard drive shutting down. Your also plugging right into the wall righr? not into a switch or extension or UPS or anything right?
that sounds like the power supply. But we can not be sure. where are you located? PM or email me I can probably help ya out.
may also be overheating. Those cpu's run sorta hot and this happens when your gaming or doing intensive stuff so it may just be the cpu is getting hot and shutting down.
LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited January 2006
Suzanne, this thread IS about YOUR computer. Xphater, please wait until we get Suzanne sorted out, or start your own thread. We do want to get both of you up and running, but Suzanne did open this thread.
Suzanne:
...[if] thats true I am now guessing power supply but you gave no details into your computer? Is it a home build? A Dell or what? Whats in it and whats the power supply rated at etc...AGAIN! We want to help and your starving us for info. Please be as complete as possible describing your computer. Yes we know its hard but do as MUCH as you can.
We don't know whether it's a '71 Pinto or '05 Corvette. Please, open the case side, and write down what you can see from your power supply unit (probably the upper left of the computer) and the hard drive itself. I don't want to be condescending, but do you know what the hard drive is?
Suzanne, I'm inclined to agree with those who suspect that the problem may lie with your Power Supply Unit (PSU). Besides what Leonardo just suggested, can you go into the BIOS and see if there is a section reporting the voltages that the PSU is actually supplying?
If we know what the PSU is rated at and what it is actually supplying we can probably determine right away if we are on the right track. I've attached a picture of a typical label so you'll know what to look for.
Here is a copy of my system
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name YOUR-2WOY9TTJ9N
System Manufacturer Time Computers
System Model KM266-8235
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1813 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 20/03/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name YOUR-2WOY9TTJ9N\Simon
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 69.15 MB
Total Virtual Memory 770.91 MB
Available Virtual Memory 393.75 MB
Page File Space 547.42 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Suzanne, the problem is quite possibly with your power supply.
The handicap we are working from is that no one wants to tell you to go out and spend a bunch of money on one without more evidence that the PSU is indeed the culprit. If you would tell us - as requested numerous times - what your current PSU is rated at and what your voltages look like then we could better advise you. I don't think you would consider us to be "helpful" if we had you spend your dough on something which didn't solve your problem. That is why we keep nagging you for those details.
Just over a year ago my dad had the exact same symptoms you describe. Once he told me the specifics of his current PSU and what his voltages were I had no reservations in recommending that he buy a new more powerful unit. It fixed his problem right away and his computer has been fine ever since. I would have felt guilty about taking the "shotgun" approach to computer repair by having him replace random parts one after the other until he got the right one. We don't want to do that to you, either.
Comments
1) cables
2) power supply
Now... can you be much more specific on all your exact hardware and exactly whats happening when the hard drive "shuts down"?
Thanks in advance. We really DO want to help. You just didnt give us a lot to work with
Tex
Seems to be when playing games or burning a disc the hard drive switches off.
Pull out plug and put in again I can then switch it back on.
IF thats true I am now guessing power supply but you gave no details into your computer? Is it a home build? A Dell or what? Whats in it and whats the power supply rated at etc...?
AGAIN! We want to help and your starving us for info. Please be as complete as possible describing your computer. Yes we know its hard but do as MUCH as you can.
Tex
I have AMD Athlon (tm) XP
1.8 GHz
224 Ram
Windows xp Home edition
that sounds like the power supply. But we can not be sure. where are you located? PM or email me I can probably help ya out.
may also be overheating. Those cpu's run sorta hot and this happens when your gaming or doing intensive stuff so it may just be the cpu is getting hot and shutting down.
Tex
manufacturer, model, year, ect...
Suzanne:
We don't know whether it's a '71 Pinto or '05 Corvette. Please, open the case side, and write down what you can see from your power supply unit (probably the upper left of the computer) and the hard drive itself. I don't want to be condescending, but do you know what the hard drive is?
If we know what the PSU is rated at and what it is actually supplying we can probably determine right away if we are on the right track. I've attached a picture of a typical label so you'll know what to look for.
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name YOUR-2WOY9TTJ9N
System Manufacturer Time Computers
System Model KM266-8235
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1813 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 20/03/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name YOUR-2WOY9TTJ9N\Simon
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 69.15 MB
Total Virtual Memory 770.91 MB
Available Virtual Memory 393.75 MB
Page File Space 547.42 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
The handicap we are working from is that no one wants to tell you to go out and spend a bunch of money on one without more evidence that the PSU is indeed the culprit. If you would tell us - as requested numerous times - what your current PSU is rated at and what your voltages look like then we could better advise you. I don't think you would consider us to be "helpful" if we had you spend your dough on something which didn't solve your problem. That is why we keep nagging you for those details.
Just over a year ago my dad had the exact same symptoms you describe. Once he told me the specifics of his current PSU and what his voltages were I had no reservations in recommending that he buy a new more powerful unit. It fixed his problem right away and his computer has been fine ever since. I would have felt guilty about taking the "shotgun" approach to computer repair by having him replace random parts one after the other until he got the right one. We don't want to do that to you, either.