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fsngnshiekfan

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    My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
    « on: June 09, 2008, 07:02:29 PM »
    I can't find any relation to the occurences, it shuts down when its working hard or not at all, 4 hours after start to 2 minutes, though it usually shuts down 1/2 hour afterwards, I play World of Warcraft a lot and it shuts down then mostly, but that may be because I play it 80% of the time on my computer, I've been on my computer now for and hour and a half, and it still hasn't shut down, please help is you can, I cant afford another computer or a repair. My computer is just over a year old, so I wouldn't think it would have any problems besides viruses.

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    stevejohnson1958

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    Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
    « Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 07:57:29 PM »
    Cause may be overheating...hard to tell.

    When's the last time you used a can of compressed air to clean the dust and debris from this Toshiba?

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    Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
    « Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 04:10:14 AM »
    I suggest downloading Speedfan. It will read out the temperatures of your computer.

    If you would please post the temperatures when the computer is idle and again when you are about 15-30 minutes into a game (like WoW).

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      Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
      « Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 04:46:52 AM »
      As I said, there isn't any relations to the shutdowns, sometimes it's fairly hot and others its cool. I've never cleaned the computer thoroughly I mean there isn't dust all over it but it isn't clean, could the dust and debris (We have a dog with short hard hairs that sheds a lot too) cause problems to the computer? Please explain. I'll try that with Speedfan but WoW is down today 5am-11am and I have to work at 11 and wont be back till 3:30pm-4:30pm I will regulate the temperature of WoW then.

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        Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
        « Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 04:56:04 AM »
        OK... can you tell me how to read speedfan? I don't have a clue with things such as these. ???

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        Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
        « Reply #5 on: June 10, 2008, 05:00:09 AM »
        It should look something like this


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          Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
          « Reply #6 on: June 10, 2008, 05:11:28 AM »
          At Idle:

          I will post the fan speed while playing WoW later.
          (Tell me if this is incorrectly recorded)

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          Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
          « Reply #7 on: June 10, 2008, 05:17:10 AM »
          GASP that is really hot, especially for Idle.

          Here is another test that will confirm if this is an overheating problem or not.
          Get an external fan (like a tower fan or something) and have it blow at the computer to bring down the temperature. See if the computer stays on like this.


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            Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
            « Reply #8 on: June 10, 2008, 05:42:43 AM »
            OK... our house just got flooded so all our fans are hard at work, It'll be a little while before I get one, so Bear with me.

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            Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
            « Reply #9 on: June 10, 2008, 05:58:33 AM »
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            our house just got flooded
            Argh. I hope nothing is damaged. Anyways, take your time. We will be here.  ;) ;)

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              Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
              « Reply #10 on: June 10, 2008, 06:04:16 AM »
              try to turn off the overclocking mode while you solve the overheating issue

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                Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
                « Reply #11 on: June 10, 2008, 06:06:11 AM »
                Thanks for your concern. Anyways, what is the overclocking mode? I'm a real idiot with computer hardware and such.

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                Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
                « Reply #12 on: June 10, 2008, 06:09:02 AM »
                try to turn off the overclocking mode while you solve the overheating issue
                If his computer is being overclocked.

                Overclocking is basically overclocking your processor, e.g, making it faster.
                http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/o/overcloc.htm

                If this shutting down problem is recent, it is possible you have installed something that is eating at your processor power or one of your fans is faulty.

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                Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
                « Reply #13 on: June 10, 2008, 06:14:19 AM »
                As I said, there isn't any relations to the shutdowns, sometimes it's fairly hot and others its cool. I've never cleaned the computer thoroughly I mean there isn't dust all over it but it isn't clean, could the dust and debris (We have a dog with short hard hairs that sheds a lot too) cause problems to the computer? Please explain. I'll try that with Speedfan but WoW is down today 5am-11am and I have to work at 11 and wont be back till 3:30pm-4:30pm I will regulate the temperature of WoW then.

                Dust, debris, pet hair, dander, etc., etc.,...can contribute to a computer overheating.  It does appear your computer is overdue for a good cleaning.

                Also...you just stated...due to flooding...all the fans in your home are currently being used.

                It sounds like your computer may not be in an appropriate environment to function properly.  High humidity, dampness...not good.  Your computer needs to be operating in a dry cool environment to prevent overheating.

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                  Re: My Toshiba, Windows Vista is randomly shutting down.
                  « Reply #14 on: June 10, 2008, 07:09:15 AM »
                  My computer has been doing this for months, the flooding happened a few days ago, the flooding has NOTHING to do with this. How do you clean your computer properly, and can you hire anyone to do it? And is it possible to check the state of your computer fans?