Computer Randomly Shutting Off

why don't you sell it directly to LP?

edit: WHOOPS posted in wrong blog LOLOL

Theres a couple of possible problems, it could be a faulty power supply, or even overheating of the cpu. I had a similar problem with a faulty power supply, you should check some computer forums and try to post your problem for a better response.

try opening it up and cleaning out the cpu fan, if it is the cpu overheating, you might just have a crappy fan that stops functioning well after a while because too much dust has collected on the blades.

prolly not enough semen on the cpu or whatever it is they use to transfer heat from cpu to heatsink.

my laptop was shutting off randomly and i got one of the laptop coolers you put underneath it and its stopped doing it. ive never had a desktop with this problem, but its probably an overheating issue like other people have said.

checklist:

processor fan too dirty, cant cool cpu so it insta shuts down as a safety measure

power supply is failing, same as above

motherboard is bad, when its bad it wont work and give u all these random funky errors like motherboard shuts down, os freezes and u cant even shut it down etc

lol you bought a gateway

i'm a sucker for a built in tv tuner imo. would pay someone to build me a nice comp but don't know anyone that computer literate tbh

build it yourself, not too terribly hard. Theres a ton of content on youtube now adays regarding this. You can end up saving yourself alot of coin and build a beast for $500.

Have you updated to all the latest security patches? If it's a fresh install and no one has bothered to you might be getting shafted by the remote RPC execution exploit which was shutting down PCs all over the place a few years ago.

Also likely culpits are always power supply, ram then overheating. GL.

reset CMOS

lol building a comp is super ez, its pretty much plug and play now a days.

PM me if you need any help building one

Ive built a few on my own, and have helped a few people on TL do it as well.

Before you go that route though, an easy fix for most random shutting down problems is to grab a can of dust-off and clean the inside of your comp. Computers will sometimes shut down as a safety precaution if it runs the chance of overheating, and dust is an easy way of causing heating issues.