What would cause my computer to turn it self off shortly after logging into World of Warcraft.?
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I'm assuming it's because the thing is over heating and automatically shuts itself down.  Try installing a water cooling system, that should reduce the core temp quite a bit.   You could also try putting it in a well ventilated area.  One more option, occasionally dust will build up around a heat sink and generate heat causing the computer to THINK it's overheating leading it to shut down.  A 480 watt power supply should be enough to keep it powered.  Your CPU could be over heating, a liquid cooling system or a CPU fan that you put on the mother board over the CPU would take care of that.  \n\nI have an Alienware laptop, which is considerably different than a desktop, but occasionally while playing games if it's not on a hard surface heat will build up under the computer and it'll shut itself off (but only during games and other laborious tasks).  I've also had the dust issue happen and had to clean out the vents and one of the heat sinks.  After that everything worked fine. \n\nIf the hard drives going out you should get the blue screen of death not a shut down, and usually hardware errors will get you a blue screen if it's an issue with a piece of hardware.  \n\nMake sure you have to correct drivers if you put in a new graphics card, you can download them from the maker's website, just to be on the safe side.\n\nGood luck!  That game rocks!
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I heard that happening with some anti virus software.\nTry shutting down after deactivating the software.\n\nIf that doesnt help try finding out if its a hardware problem.\nGet a program called "end it all" which will close down all running applications and your computer should shut down, if it doesnt then its a hardware thing.
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Is the computer on standby? If it is then you should shutdown the computer instead. \n\nRun an antivirus program on your computer to see if a virus may be the cause as well. Also check to see if you have had any recent errors, like driver conflicts or "the blue screen of death". That could also be a cause.
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I had the same problem. Is was an electrical surge from my power source. Caused by  the fan motor in the processor. I had the motor replaced and it is back to normal.
9630
I don't know what causes it, but it has happened to me.  I just reboot my computer and it fixes itself.
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Go look at your power settings in the control panel and disable standby.\n\nWhat happens when you use the start button to shut down the computer?  SOmetiomes viruses and bad stuff will hang during shutdown. Make sure your antivirus software is up to date and running.
62561
Your issue is most likely your firewall or security software, temporarily disable that and see wut happens
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Try Start/Run msconfig\nClick on the startup tab, and uncheck the items you do not want to Run at Startup.   BE CAREFUL.   You need some of those!   Only uncheck items you KNOW you can do without!
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Hi,\n\nTo me it seems a RPC problem.\nTo resolve this -\n\nGo to CONTROL PANEL -> ADMINISTRATIVE OPTIONS -> SERVICES\n\nAnd find an entry begining with RPC (Remote Procedural Calls)\n\nIn the properties window, go on to RECOVERY tab. In the action combo box, select "Take no action"\n\nNow click OK and shutdown.\n\nI guess there should be no problem.\n\nIf the problem continues, please verify if any softwares running in the background need Internet for connection. In that case, type MSCONFIG at Start Button -> RUN. Uncheck everything at Startup.\n\nSee if this helps.\n\nCheers!
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check for viruses (specially when your system booting after connect to internet ) \ncheck power voltage \ncheck  cpu fan \nreinstall win xp \nif cpu fan is good
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pop in your xp disc  when the screen comes up choose r then type in chkdsk /r it should fix it  or start unplugging your cards one at a time to see if one of them is bad
133582
try going to start->run\ntype msconfig and <ENTER>\ngo to the startup tab and see if something there looks like it might be the culprit.  If you have some time you can disable everything and reboot to see if the problem goes away. if so, start re-enabling things until you figure out what is causing it. Then re-enable everything but that.
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Why not check the simplest thing first. Go to Control Panel and select Power Management. Check the entry Standbymodus - is there a time defined? If yes, set it to none or never.
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Your screen has gone to standby to save power, just wiggle the mouse or click. and it should come back. You go into your computer options and change the preferences so it will not do this as much or not art all
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there shoudl be a restart button on your cpu.  try that
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Try a different power supply and see if you still get the problem.. \n\nAlso check your memory (ram). There are some programs to do that the first one that comes to my mind is memtest86 http://www.memtest86.com/\n\n\ngood luck!
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There are various settings that could be causing this, check your registry