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Why Does My Computer Shut Off?
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30. March 2007 @ 06:44 |
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my computer shuts off when i go to make a back up of a dvd when i use DVD Shrink anyone know why this happens?
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30. March 2007 @ 07:37 |
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What are the specs of your computer? How old is the PC? At exactly what step in the process of using Shrink does your PC shut off? I am guessing it is most likely happening during the transcoding process.
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30. March 2007 @ 07:38 |
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i have a 2.8 dual core P4 computer.. and it happens when it is tryin to write it to my computer from the dvd
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30. March 2007 @ 07:42 |
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Have u cleaned out all the dust lately?
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30. March 2007 @ 07:45 |
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Originally posted by 300bowler:
Have u cleaned out all the dust lately?
it only shuts down when im tryin to backup my dvd
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30. March 2007 @ 07:49 |
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Shrink is a very intensive CPU program, that uses 100% of ur CPU power,
thats why i asked, ur PC could be shuting down cuz of the CPU overheating or it could be a power supply problem
U can DL a program called SpeedFan and run while using Shrink to see if ur CPU is overheating.
edit- here is that program
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/SpeedFan.shtml
i believe TEMP 2 is the temperature of ur CPU, however i am not sure since i have a older version of this program
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. March 2007 @ 07:53
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30. March 2007 @ 07:50 |
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ok thank you it better not be power supply i just replaced it
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30. March 2007 @ 07:54 |
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can u tell me wat is a "safe" place for the temp to be
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30. March 2007 @ 08:16 |
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Normal temps should hover around 35 - 40 deg C
During Encoding between 60 - 70 deg C
Anything more than that probably isn't safe, but all processors now a days will shut down before overheating.
Could be you just need to pick up a good quality heat sink and fan to keep your CPU cool.
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ratbastid
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30. March 2007 @ 08:29 |
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You're all missing it. DVDshrink has a check box for 'shutdown my computer after burning' or something like that. I don't have a DVD handy, I'm at work, so I can't tell you exactly. It's in the window you get right after you start to burn, I believe.
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30. March 2007 @ 08:31 |
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It isn't shutting off after making a DVD it is shutting off during the process of creating the DVD. So you are the one missing it! Try reading the whole thread all the way threw next time.
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30. March 2007 @ 08:33 |
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im only 16 i dont think i can afford a good heat sink fan... i get like 73 degrees normally with only explorer and msn open
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30. March 2007 @ 08:38 |
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Are you talking Celsius? That is way to hot and when encoding the movie with Shrink I am pretty sure it is getting up into the 90 degree Celsius range which will certainly shut down your PC. You need to invest the 20$ into a decent heat sink and fan or you will be investing a lot more than that sooner or later into a new CPU and motherboard. It will most likely be sooner than later though running at those temps.
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30. March 2007 @ 08:39 |
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i just replaced my CPU and mobo like max a year ago :(
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30. March 2007 @ 08:47 |
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Similar thing happened to me about a year ago and I was completely puzzled by it. Then I started tracking down the reason and found out that the problem was actually with my power supply. No, it wasn't broken or breaking down. The problem was that it didn't give out enough "oomph", i.e. its output Watts weren't enough. This didn't even cross my mind originally, as I had a month earlier or so swapped an old 350W PSU to 400W PSU.
Now, the thing is, each PSU has different Ws that they give out to different voltages -- and different voltages are required by different parts of your computer. In this specific case, PSU outputted too little power for the voltage used by DVD drives and HDD drives. Thus, the shut down only occured when I either a) read DVD discs on max speed or b) burned DVDR. Apparently DVD drives are one of the biggest drainers of power and when their power requirement peaked, it went past PSU's capacity and comp shut down.
Could be wrong, but thought I might share this experience, which eventually led me to replace the PSU again (and as it was ultraquiet, wanted to par its quietness and replaced case fans and CPU fan, etc and eventually cost me almost 500 euros, but damn, my computer is quiet now ;-).
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30. March 2007 @ 08:53 |
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yea it cost me 500$ for my mobo processor and power supply when i replaced them.. but like i can burn xbox games and everythin off the net no problem its just this backup thing with DVD Shrink.... anyone wanna send me a heat sink fan :P :)
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30. March 2007 @ 08:53 |
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have u opened ur PC and cleaned out all the dust, could help
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30. March 2007 @ 08:56 |
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see the thing is...... i only have one side on my computer right now im 16 and i dont live with my parents i live with my brothers EX girlfriend... i hate that if ur a newbie u cant post 3 times in like 3 mins or w.e it is
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30. March 2007 @ 09:16 |
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Quote:
i only have one side on my computer right now
what does this mean?
i had the same problem, to fix it all i did was clean out all the dust in my case in my heatsink and CPU fan.
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30. March 2007 @ 09:17 |
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yea i cleaned all the dust out of my fans and stuff
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Teresa007
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2. April 2007 @ 09:57 |
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I have had a similar problem but it shuts off at random times, usually when I am doing many things at once, probably to many things at once. So downloaded the Speed fan to check out my whole deal, Holy crap it is reading 81 C, and I'm not even doing anything really at this moment, what am I suppossed to do to fix this. I know getting hot and shutting off can not be a good thing to keep letting happen to my computer. Help!!!
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2. April 2007 @ 10:15 |
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@Teresa007,
Get a good heat sink and fan!
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