Michael_8 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hi all, Recently Speccy and similar programs have started causing my computer to shutdown. After starting speccy it opens on the summary page and loads the following details (in order): Optical Drives Audio Operating System CPU and then the computer shuts down. The computer runs perfectly otherwise. I must mention that prior to this I removed a stick of RAM but replaced it shortly after and is still showing up in the computer. Does anyone know of any similar occurences or solutions? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Is this an instant power down or does Windows logout?? Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compumind Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hi Michael_8: Kindly uninstall Speccy and let us know if this problem resolves. What are the other "similar programs" you are referring to? Interesting that you mention the memory. Prior to changing the memory, was Speccy on your computer? If so, did the problem occur then? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_8 Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 The power down is instant and the similar program is the system scanner tool at http://www.crucial.com/. I had speccy before the change and the problem did not occur. I am reinstalling speccy now and will update soon. UPDATE: A reinstall of speccy seems to have fixed it but it was still odd to have happened. Thanks for your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 The power down is instant and the similar program is the system scanner tool at http://www.crucial.com/. I had speccy before the change and the problem did not occur. I am reinstalling speccy now and will update soon. UPDATE: A reinstall of speccy seems to have fixed it but it was still odd to have happened. Thanks for your support. Try also checking your computer for dust. If speccy and other programs were "causing it", seems like your pc may have been shutting down when it was under stress (causing it to overheat). Usually, if this happens, it is because of dust in the case on the cooling fins/fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_8 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 I don't think that could have been the problem, I recently cleaned it of dust and before that it still never ran above 40 ?C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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