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    random power outages

    hi, today and yesterday i have been having random power outages. i will just be typing/talking and what not and then my computer will just reboot for no reason, in the middle of everything. i checked for virus/spyware and im clean so that isnt a problem. it might be my power suppy??? i have a dell p4 that i have had for about 3 yrs. Dell's website was down so i couldnt get my power/motherboard specs, sorry! any ideas? thanx bye.
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    Could also be heat issues. How hot is it where the computer is sitting. You might want to set up a fan just to cool things down a bit and see if that helps.

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    its not to hot but, i do have a printer sitting right next to it and things r a little crowded
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    Make sure you have good ventilation around the box, it may not feel to hot on the outside, but without ventilation, it could be to hot inside the box.

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    Here is a small freeware utility to monitor things like cpu temperature. I have never used it, but you might want to check it out.

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    A little help?!?!... I had a client that had very similar symptoms... after some serious hardware checks I replaced the cpu fan and all was well... its about a 5-20 $ invetsment... might be worth checking into.
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    ok thanx for the help, i might go and replace the power supply...
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    Hi Tex,

    Are you using a surge protection strip...........what is the power like.......do the lights flicker/TV cut out?.

    Isn't it the thunderstorm season in your part of the world?

    Is this a random thing, or does it happen after a reasonably consistent amount of time?

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    its pretty random and i dont have a surge protector, just a power strip thingy, sometimes the lights/tv cut off if we have a bad storm... but i intend to get a surge protector soon!
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