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Originally posted by LightSpeedDriver
reply to post by TheProphetMark
You say shutdown, does that mean a clean shutdown and you see "Windows is shutting down" on the screen? First place I would look are the log files to see if they tell you anything.
Also, there may be a BIOS option to disable the smart fan thing I had to set that on my PC due to fan/heat problems.
Good luck.
Originally posted by BinarySamurai
You do realize that if the fan was damaged there could of been damage to the cpu before you got it. Shutting down randomly is a very hard thing to track down the cause of. You could have a failing hard drive, unseated or bad memory, blown capacitors, and so on.
Originally posted by 74Templar
Either faulty RAM or CPU fan overheating. If the RAM is faulty, esdpecially on older models, it can just randomly shut down the computer without warning. In my own experience it would be either one of those. If the CPU fan isn't kicking in when it's supposed to, then it could also cause a shut down.
Originally posted by LightSpeedDriver
reply to post by TheProphetMark
You talk of 90 degrees. Is that Celsiu/Centigrade or Fahrenheit?
ETA I'm not sure if all versions of WIndows 7 contain it but my version has a RAM checker built in. Hit F8 at book time and select memory check from the list and let it run for 10-20 minutes. One single error = bad and you need to replace a module.edit on 27/5/12 by LightSpeedDriver because: ETA
Originally posted by 74Templar
reply to post by LightSpeedDriver
What he said
2nd.
Failing that, just swap out a stick at a time, and see what it does. If it doesn't shut down, then it would most likely be the faulty stick.edit on 27-5-2012 by 74Templar because: (no reason given)