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booting problem

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/booting-problem.32844/

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amey kerkar Original post #1
Jul 28, 2006 at 2:05 PM
Hi, i am amey kerkar from Goa.I am a regular reader from past one year.

I have a problem with my pc. sometimes when i boot my pc, i can hear rhe sound of the pc fan but suddenly everything is down (the same thing that happens when we shut down the pc) next time when i restart my pc i get a blue screen saying the "COMPUTER HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE".Then there is no way i can shut down the pc and i have to shut down the UPS directly.

After some hours everything is normal and no such booting problem occurs.
The above mentioned problem is too frequent and happens once in a week or twice in a week.

please help.
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rahul_becks23 #2
Jul 28, 2006 at 2:18 PM
u must have an Intel,dont u?
ayush_chh
ayush_chh #3
Jul 28, 2006 at 9:13 PM
plz write ur specs...

this may be due to few reasons
1) heating problem
2) there might be dust in ur processor.......try cleaning it...:)
romeo_8693
romeo_8693 #4
Jul 29, 2006 at 10:37 AM
its sure bcos of heating pro.....may not b the pro,can be some part on mobo.
JGuru
JGuru #5
Jul 29, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Looks like some serious problem. First of all specify your PC configuration (everything).
You can do these things to prevent further Damage!!
* Check whether the fans are working properly.
* First shutdown the PC, unplug the PC plugs. Open the cabinet & clean the
dust accumulated with a blower. You can also use a dry cloth. Also blow air
on the fans; don't clean the fans with the cloth. This may damage the fans.
* If the fans are not working properly, replace them immediately. Otherwise
it will lead to over-heating & it will damage the mobo.
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bsatheeshkumar #6
Jul 30, 2006 at 3:36 PM
same problem i had with my p4 845 gvsr board. system suddenly started restarting and while starting up it says the system was shut down due to thermal heating and then boots up and keeps on restarting.

now to the solution,

first unplug all the power cables to the m/b and remove the ram and clean it with a cloth or brush kind of thing and do the same with the m/b, i think there is no need to remove the fan from cpu, just clean it with a brush, let processor and ram get cool down. after few minutes say 10 mins replug u r power cables and then start the system. try to start in safe mode to check up the system. finally find why u r cpu getting hot, may be because of atmosphere also.