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Jeff

A lot of dust could be a reason. You might have to get it cleaned.

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Boanerges

Make sure you vents aren't blocked ,unsrew the side panel ( usually two or three thumb screws) and carefully vaccum the dust from the vents , fans and circuits ( gently)- overheating could indeed cause that problem. There is also a possibility that you have a virus have you update your virus scan and ran a complete scan? Spyware can and will accumilate in yuor pc until it sucks up all available ram- did you download and run that ad- aware program I mentioned? What operating system are you running?

macrohard

Its also possible that the power supply in the computer is also going bad......

Boanerges

Here is another possability- My cat used to lay at my feet when I was online- he would move unto the power strip and I would get a shut down followed by a restart when he moved back-

Teck

Most likely is your power supply, try taking all the dust out of your box. IF it still continues, the next thing to check is the ram cards inside your computer, make sure they are in tight, last but not least, it could be your OS. Try Backing up all your stuff, and reinstall the OS.

Boanerges

I had a friend who installed some extra ram on his pc- he expierienced the same problem till he took it out. My son has the same model pc- we plugged into his and bingo- shutdown. It must have been faulty and it sure caused an almost immediate response.

Teck

Some ram just aint ment for your pc, even if it says it will. If it doesn't work return it for a different brand.

Boanerges

It was returned although all the specs matched perfectly it just wouldn't work.

Teck

I hate when that happens, I once ordered a 1 gb card for my friend, said it would work , bought it online, threw away all the packing that came with it, installed it and it didn't work. I was - 80 and with a useless card. I wen to circuit city and got one of the shelf, and luckly it worked.

i hate you ram card, i hate you ... so much....