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Hi



I have posted before but solutions haven't worked. I have Vista Home Premium

running on a Dell Inspiron 1520. The machine shuts down randomly - though it

seems using YouTube brings on the problem it isn't just on YouTube and is

unpredictable.



The problem centre had identified a conflict with virus software. I had

McAfee, changed to Norton and at the suggestion here removed virus protection

completely and ran Windows firewall with Spybot. I don't seem to have the

conflict anymore but PC still fails.



I have also run every available update for Windows and Intel graphic card. I

also noticed that other errors were in the log including Windows Module

Installer and Superfetch stopping working (whatever that is).



I have also run every type of diagnostic including scandisk, defrag (even

though a new machine) and scannow. There were corrupted files in the scannow

but I can't interpret the file.



Final resort - I checked the battery wasn't loose just in case it was a

loose connection.



If anyone has had a similar experience or has suggestions for me to try or

some resource I should try I would really appreciate it.



Many thanks


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Abrupt shut off can be a sign of a Thermal issue. Unfortunately, Dell

doesn't

always apply the correct amount of Thermal paste to the processor's heat

dissipater. The 1520 has Core 2 Duo so it shouldn't get too hot. However

it's never a bad thing to use a resident monitor program like SpeedFan 4.33.

Heat could also be from the nVidia card, since many Video GPUs now have

more transistors than some processors.



"Morgan" <Morgan@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Sounds like a classic case of an overheating CPU.

When a CPU reaches it's max temp limit, the machine will

behave just like someone pulled the plug.

There will be no errors logged about it because the CPU simply stops.



A memory error would cause a reboot, CPU overheat simply shuts down the machine.



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Steve Easton







"Morgan" <Morgan@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Thanks - I was wondering if something physical was going on.



Is there a solution to something like this or is it a case of returning to

Dell





"Steve Easton" wrote:

Morgan wrote:



don't know if this will help but i had the same problem until three days ago

when i upgraded my memory and video card... check compatability on these at

microsoft



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