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Dell Inspiron 530 randomly shuts down and restarts

Dell Inspiron 530

Randomly, shortly after startup, my computer shuts down and then restarts. After that initial mystery, everything seems to work just fine. The computer is less than two years old. I have 445GB of free space.

Will appreciate any help. Thanks

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  • lawrence732 Mar 26, 2009

    Thanks, gurutim, but there is no heat problem or virus. I already use Norton. BUT, I think that just reading your response may have helped - the computer hasn't shutdown & restarted on its own since I read this a couple of days back.



    Thanks again

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May want to check the power settings. If you have Win Vista or 7 you want to go to personalize. Or in any version of windows xp-8 go to search and type in Power Options. From here you can set to length of time before unit goes to sleep or shuts down. A lot of time this is the problem. Microsoft has a preset time on installing a system. Depending on Windows version it could be preset for 1 - 10 min. For instants Just reinstalled my XP unit shut down was preset to 10 min sleep was set at 1 min. Power options can also be accessed through the screensaver set up window or also control panel.

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Sounds like it could be a virus. Or, a heat buildup problem - are all fans inside machine working? Is the fan inside the power supply operating? Was there any work done inside the computer recently?
If the hdw is all ok, go out and buy yourself a copy of Norton Internet Security 2009 - 1 user lic - $49.99 @ Staples. Do *not* buy any earlier vers. of this software! Install, update it, run computer computer scan - probably will find/remove some/many viruses.

If this helps, please take the time to rate my response to you.
Thanks and good luck.

gurutim

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