OT; Power problems

Hi all, Can anyone give me some advice please. I have a 900mhz Athlon. 256 RAM, GForce 2 graphics card. My power supply is a 300w. What I need to try and find out is why my computer just switches itself off from time to time. It happened tonight when I was in a Nascar 2002 race. The power would switch off, which leaves a blank monitor. The power light on the tower will flash, so I push and hold it in for 5 seconds or so and then the power is totally off. I re-boot and go through scan disk etc and all is ok again, until it might happen again at any time. Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I check it, or/and what is the workaround for this? Any advice is most welcome. thanks alot Ben.

[email hidden] (Ben Daniels) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I > check it, or/and what is the workaround for this? I would guess that you've fried your power supply or you are in the process of frying it. If your motherboard has some sort of monitoring, check the voltages. Jason

Almost sounds as if your PC is going into stand-by mode. Might check your power settings and make sure you have it set to always on. "Ben Daniels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi all, > Can anyone give me some advice please. > I have a 900mhz Athlon. 256 RAM, GForce 2 graphics card. My power > supply is a 300w. > What I need to try and find out is why my computer just switches > itself off from time to time. It happened tonight when I was in a > Nascar 2002 race. The power would switch off, which leaves a blank > monitor. The power light on the tower will flash, so I push and hold > it in for 5 seconds or so and then the power is totally off. I re-boot > and go through scan disk etc and all is ok again, until it might > happen again at any time. > Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I > check it, or/and what is the workaround for this? > Any advice is most welcome. > thanks alot > Ben.

Thanks alot for the info. Do you know how I can check the temp of the motherboard , cpu etc ?? Thanks again, Ben. On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:32:43 -0500, "Glen Pittman" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Almost sounds as if your PC is going into stand-by mode. Might check your >power settings and make sure you have it set to always on. > > >"Ben Daniels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Hi all, >> Can anyone give me some advice please. >> I have a 900mhz Athlon. 256 RAM, GForce 2 graphics card. My power >> supply is a 300w. >> What I need to try and find out is why my computer just switches >> itself off from time to time. It happened tonight when I was in a >> Nascar 2002 race. The power would switch off, which leaves a blank >> monitor. The power light on the tower will flash, so I push and hold >> it in for 5 seconds or so and then the power is totally off. I re-boot >> and go through scan disk etc and all is ok again, until it might >> happen again at any time. >> Is it possible that something is getting too hot? If so how can I >> check it, or/and what is the workaround for this? >> Any advice is most welcome. >> thanks alot >> Ben. > >