For the past couple months my computer has been acting quite strange where it will randomly turn off by itself. Whether I am just gaming or browsing the web, it will just randomly shut off. Now here is the weird part. My computer is in my room so I am on it quite often. Lately, my computer also randomly turns itself on with nobody even touching the power button. I have no idea what the problem could be as i checked my computers power options and they all seem to be all fine. Any help would be appreciated.
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Power Issue.
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Dangman
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Check the stickied "Basic Troubleshooting Guide" and report back.
[Testing the RAM]
Download Memtest86+ v4.00 or whatever the latest version is, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately as well as test the RAM all together. Go for a full 24 hours if you want to be completely sure that the RAM is not a problem. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is defective or you have incorrect settings for the RAM.
[Testing the RAM]
Download Memtest86+ v4.00 or whatever the latest version is, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately as well as test the RAM all together. Go for a full 24 hours if you want to be completely sure that the RAM is not a problem. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is defective or you have incorrect settings for the RAM.