Thread: PC turns off...???

Hi,

I use XP, while working a beep sound came from CPU and the system abruptly turned off, after 1/2 hrs later i restarted my PC, it worked fine....this happened 2 days back. But today the same thing happened, all of a sudden PC turned off giving a beep sound...???
Earlier i had no pblm with my PC (I dont have virus/nothing non-sense in my PC)...but why is this happening so....

Help me out...

is there any fluctuation in power supply??if so that may be the reason.

Not sure but......from past 4 days there's been a Low Voltage pblm....???(Might this may be a reason...??)

I had a similar problem once, but I can not confirm that it is the the same cause.

I used to get a bleeping sound too, and the PC used to switch off, I kind of avoided this for a while, until it totally crashed and found out it was a hard drive problem. Try deleting excess stuff from your hard drive, as I had the problem not so long ago and done the same, and problem went away!

Again this is a guess to what the problem maybe, as its similar to what happened to my comp!

For every single beep sound there is an specific problem for it...
Please give me your Bios vendor ( Phoenix bios etc etc )

No Beeps - Short, No power, Bad CPU/MB, Loose Peripherals
One Beep - Everything is normal and Computer POSTed fine
Two Beeps -POST/CMOS Error
One Long Beep, One Short Beep -Motherboard Problem
One Long Beep, Two Short Beeps -Video Problem
One Long Beep, Three Short Beeps -Video Problem
Three Long Beeps -Keyboard Error
Repeated Long Beeps -Memory Error
Continuous Hi-Lo Beeps -CPU Overheating

did you get the blue screen of death (showing some message with some problems in it??)

its a problem with your o.s. i also had this problem...

is your o.s genuine??

Originally Posted by srijith

Not sure but......from past 4 days there's been a Low Voltage pblm....???(Might this may be a reason...??)

low voltage causes many problems!!You may try putting a Stabilizer to get enough voltage for your pc!

Also check that u don't have any schedules to shut down computer!

Originally Posted by imrock

low voltage causes many problems!!You may try putting a Stabilizer to get enough voltage for your pc!

Also check that u don't have any schedules to shut down computer!

As told by Imrock,Check if you have any schedules and ya Except that you may also have power supply problem or due to overheating after one beep the computer turns off!

Sometime earlier that problem was with me too!
If this is so give your computer some rest or Your Power Supply will be Damaged.

Try a different UPS and check. Have you installed hardware / software recently ? Any drivers ? If so, uninstall them and check.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

Try a different UPS and check. Have you installed hardware / software recently ? Any drivers ? If so, uninstall them and check.

Try what meetdilip and others say!
Or discuss with Rajan!
He may tell you the hardware problem!!Please tell us if the problem still exists??

do a few things...

if you have a UPS, check whether the beep is from the UPS or the motherboard.

If its from the UPS, well, its time to get it serviced, something is wrong with it...

if its not the USP..hmm..really man, i cant think of any reason...does the system get very hot ? try using some software like speed fan to check the temperatures of the processor...how old is this system ?

Very Thankfull to all your suggetions......I'm going to try out u r suggestions 1 by 1

1.keep the PC in rest --- since i rigorously use my pc.
2.deleting excess stuff from harddisk --- Since i had enough stuff in my HDD.
3.power fluctuation --- theres been this problem in our area from past 1 week.
4.s/w or h/w installation --- From past 1/2 months i hadn't installed any s/w or h/w.
5. No blue screen/any error message is displayed ,Just PC switches off.

@rajan1311 -- sound is from CPU not from UPS...and my PC is 6 yrs old AMD Athlon Processor.

6. Trying another UPS.

YA the only option left to you is try changing the UPS as you are not replying about your problem status so we ain't able to give you any further suggestions
Please reply

As all suggested try a new UPS!!

Should solve your problem!

You have AMD Processor and i heard that they heat up fast

Originally Posted by imrock

As all suggested try a new UPS!!

Should solve your problem!

You have AMD Processor and i heard that they heat up fast

@imrock,you are right amd's heat up fast

Try a new UPS,if not take the cpu to some hardware expert and the get the problem solved as suppose if you buy a ups still the problem is there then you may regret that decision

So please be on a safe side

1 more suggestion-

Put AC near your CPU or even inside

its an o.s problem... windows says it will damage the o.s if its not genuine..

Originally Posted by mickey

its an o.s problem... windows says it will damage the o.s if its not genuine..

These are hardware problems not the O.S. problem.

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

These are hardware problems not the O.S. problem.

Ya this is sure that genuine and non genuine o/s doesn't matters if there is a hardware error specially when your system automatically turns off without notifying you!

arey yaar sometimes if your os is not genuine windows can do so..


mere saath aisa hua tabhi keh raha hoon...

Originally Posted by mickey

arey yaar sometimes if your os is not genuine windows can do so..


mere saath aisa hua tabhi keh raha hoon...

If the computer continously switches off automatically after 20~40 minutes interval without notifying the user,then it's surely a hardware issue!
The software such as o/s and other software's don't shutdown the computer automatically!Now the fact is verified!!

@mickey
I too faced these but not so quickly.Its a Hardware Issue


And how about my idea on putting AC near CPU or even inside

Originally Posted by imrock

@mickey
I too faced these but not so quickly.Its a Hardware Issue


And how about my idea on putting AC near CPU or even inside

Ya you are right imrock it's not a O/s issue,
Yes maybe possible that he might have AC or not?
What's the use of putting AC near PC?
For cooling purpose?Then it's a good optionlol

Thanx for all u r suggestions.....sorry for late reply.......

Faced no problem till now.....PC is working good from yesterday(since i some how managed/cut down my work on PC and given rest), as some of our members said ,its an OS issue but i don't think so, Right.
As one of our members said to replace UPS....mine is working good.

@imrock - i have an A/C in my room....so no worry about that.