My PC Shuts Down By Itself
Jun 26, 2009
my pc started to shutdown by itself about two days ago.. it's a self-built with Intel Core2Quad Q6600, 4 GB Kingston 800 MHz RAM, nVIDIA 8500 GT, 320 GB WD SATA HDD, and ASUS P5K MB
i don't know the reason, but the night before it happened i detached the fan to clean it then re-attached it again "appropiately" and turned the pc on and it worked, and i did a deep system scan using trail version of BitDefender Total Security 2009 "which ends tomorrow btw" and i slept, and when i woke up the next day it was done and i read the report and all was good!
i turned it off, and by noon when i started it again, the problem appeared, and it started shuttingdown by itself since then..
i am writing this post while i am on SafeMode, and it's working on safemode and didn't shutdown in half an hour now ...
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Windows has recovered from an unexpected shut down.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 116
BCP1: 85B77008
BCP2: 8B4E7CA0...
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The previous system shutdown at 02:01:40 on 24/07/2009 was unexpected.
Log Name: System
Source: EventLog
Date: 24/07/2009 10:38:52
Event ID: 6008
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Skynet
Description:
The previous system shutdown at 02:01:40 on 24/07/2009 was unexpected.......
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