Can anyone tell me a possible reason why my computer spontaneously shuts itself off and restarts? It's happened three times in the last thirty minutes. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with what I'm doing when it happens. Norton says it doesn't have a virus. It's a Pentium 4 PC running Windows XP, and I've only had it two months. This is very frustrating.
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Zenkitty - May 14, 2005 8:35:57 am PDT #2902 of 10003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Stephanie - May 14, 2005 8:38:52 am PDT #2903 of 10003
Trust my rage
not completely connected power cord?
Zenkitty - May 14, 2005 8:41:17 am PDT #2904 of 10003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Checked. Power cord plugged in.
dcp - May 14, 2005 8:45:27 am PDT #2905 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Is it plugged in with a bunch of other stuff? Try switching to another outlet.
Tom Scola - May 14, 2005 8:57:32 am PDT #2906 of 10003
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It could be overheating.
Zenkitty - May 14, 2005 9:16:37 am PDT #2907 of 10003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Could be... but it doesn't feel particularly hot, and the fan always sounds like a vaccuum cleaner every time it starts up. There's nothing blocking the vents. I dunno; I'll turn it off for a while and maybe it'll magically fix itself.
meara - May 14, 2005 9:18:54 am PDT #2908 of 10003
Can someone help me out? I'm trying to download something off YouSendIt, but I'm using Safari, and if I click on the link to download the thing, instead of seeming to download it to my computer, it seems like it's trying to open it and stream it instead. I can't figure out how to change this. Help? (Of course, maybe at the end of the streaming it would've somehow been saved somewhere? But it hung up near the end, so I had to just stop it and give up (and when I hit stop, it didn't seem to have saved those bits anywhere).
Stephanie - May 14, 2005 9:21:20 am PDT #2909 of 10003
Trust my rage
is Safari your only option? I've had success with YSI using Firefox. (IOW, I have no idea what the Safari issue might be.)
Rob - May 14, 2005 9:30:30 am PDT #2910 of 10003
I can't figure out how to change this. Help?
Can you right-click (or control-click, depending on the number of buttons on your mouse) and choose the download option from the menu?
meara - May 14, 2005 9:41:35 am PDT #2911 of 10003
When I hit control click, and hit "download linked file as..." it downloaded the page, not the file. (And of course now, it's exceeded its limits and I have to ask the girl to put it up again, but I don't want ot ask until I know I can download it, but...)