I had an XP box that did that. I concluded the signal from the motherboard to the power supply was telling the power supply to turn off (don't recall more detail). With the lid off and a fan blowing on the motherboard it would run forever, so the cause was thermal. That allowed me to save all the data off the ward drive.
I had no confidence in my ability to repair a multi-layer motherboard (without documentation) so I found another motherboard on the internet and swapped it out. Box ran fine from then until long after MS dropped XP. I expect the repair-replace tradeoff would depend on the cost/availability of a motherboard and the inconvenience of learning a new system. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK > Don via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 2:47 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> > Subject: [MBZ] OT - built a PC from scratch recently? > > My 8 year old HP is now spontaeously turning it's self off. Diagnostics said > that the memory failed the test, so I bought new Kingston DIMMs and > installed them. It's still doing the same thing, so I'm thinking the mother > board has a bad chip or something. I'm thinking I'd rather build a new one > from scratch to avoid all the bloatware that comes iwth a new PC. > Any recommendations for hardware these days? I haven't bought such since > mid 2000's. > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for > themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
