My pc just turns it self off after i have been on it for not even an hour or if im running a few programmes?

Question

and i wont turn back of for at least 20m mins????

Answer 1

is it overheating?

Is the vid card hot?

Answer 2

download a processor temperature monitor, does sound like something is over heating, make sure the cpu fan is working and if so replace the thermal paste between the cpu and heatsink, more tips below

Answer 3

overheating.

replace your fan

Answer 4

well david, i had the same problem not so long ago with my dell xps. it kept on blanking off in 2 hours of gaming. i went and got myself a technitian and he came and replaced my fan which immediately fixed the problem. or your computer could be faulty. id suggest hiring out someone to come look at your computer, also i wouldnt use it again it could be a safety hazard and might start a fire. did you check if it was hat when it shut down?

Answer 5

it is possible that you have a RAM fault.

this is easily proved.

open up the puter and remove one of the RAM sticks.

use your computer and if nothing goes wrong after a couple of days, swap the RAM sticks over.

Now if it fails on one particular ram stick and not the other, then you need new RAM.

howevr if it only fails when both RAM sticks are in, but works ok with any one in, then it is possible the RAM is the wrong speed for the puter.

You then need to get correct speed RAM, as some RAM will not work reliably at backward compatable speed.