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| busseb 3/9/2010 8:09:41 PM | HELP!!! I'm running Vista on a Gateway computer and am having horrible problems. When trying to rebuild databases, after 10-15 minutes, my computer just shuts off. There is no warning, it just powers off without going through shutdown. One minute it's humming away building files and the next, it is off. When restarting, it asks if I want to start in safe mode or regular. The crashes seem to happen when the c: hard drive is pulling hard - when the system is cranking at max. I know it's not JCapper causing the problem or a bunch of you would already have Jeff's ear. Could it be processor? memory? power supply? or should I be looking to just upgrade to Windows 7? If none of the rest of you are having problems with Vista, why would my upgrading to Windows 7 change anything? Is there a log somewhere showing why the system crashed? So frustrated in ElPaso!!
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| jeff 3/10/2010 12:56:50 PM | If I had to hazard a guess I'd say it's likely a hardware problem. You're not the only one with a Gateway machine experiencing this. Here are a handful of links from a Google search for the phrase "Gateway Computer Shuts Off"... http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0.html?threadID=335662 http://support.gateway.com/s/Checklists/Q42006/ck2006110919.shtml http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-27438-computer-shuts-off-at-random-the-restarts http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080117163057AA0COiN Let us know... -jp . ~Edited by: jeff on: 3/10/2010 at: 12:56:50 PM~
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| busseb 3/11/2010 2:06:08 PM | Took it in to the shop and found it was filled with dirt and dust. A thorough cleaning of the CPU lowered the running temperature enough to shutdown problem the go away. Thankful it something so simple!! ElPaso
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| mikejlb 3/18/2010 7:13:40 PM | Vista might be part of the problem. IMO the only worse mistake M$ made was WinMe. They've made some good OS's but these two are not part of that group.
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