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John Rudd:
Fortunately I don't solely rely on it for internet...,,
I was trying to send an email to one board member this afternoon, when the pc just stopped as if it had been switched off but it rebooted....it did this four times before I gave up.....
It appears to do this randomly....

So before I start ripping into it, any suggestions for a likely cause?

philf:

--- Quote from: John Rudd on December 31, 2014, 12:28:36 PM ---Fortunately I don't solely rely on it for internet...,,
I was trying to send an email to one board member this afternoon, when the pc just stopped as if it had been switched off but it rebooted....it did this four times before I gave up.....
It appears to do this randomly....

So before I start ripping into it, any suggestions for a likely cause?

--- End quote ---

John,

Is the CPU fan still running? A laptop I had kept doing the same and I found the fan had stopped working.

Good luck.

Phil.

steampunkpete:
I had a laptop that did this, it turned out to be a dodgy battery connection.

Does it stay on long enough to run your antivirus?

Can you start it in safe mode? If so that might be a place to start with running the antivirus. You might also try malwarebytes free version just in case.

I'll ask my son when I see him later - he works in IT.

Good luck

Pete

John Rudd:
The duration for uptime varies....not long enough IMHO to run any av sw.

I'll take the covers off tomorrow and have a shuftie inside, clean out the dust and reseat all the connectors boards memory etc...

Pete.:
It does sound like a heat issue. A word of warning though - don't use your hoover to clean the motherboard or expansion cards because they can generate static in the tube and fry stuff like memory modules. Use a paint brush to brush the dust out, or an air line if you have a compressor, or failing that an air duster (just a can of air you can buy). Oh and do it outside :D

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