Computer help required...

My PC keeps turning itself off when i'm trying to burn DVDs. I'm pretty sure it is not the DVD drive itself - could it be overheating? Is there some kind of heat sensor in the main case that has dust over it or something? I have just doubled up my RAM, but I dont think this could have an effect on it, could it? It switched itself off on occasion before I increased the memory, but seems to be doing more so now.

Any help gratefully received...

Posted By: Yellalee on March 7th 2007 at 13:46:22

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Computer help required... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 7, 13:46:22
- Make sure you've got the most up-to-date devide drivers for the DVD writer. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 7, 14:00:37
  - Cheers, i'll try that... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 7, 14:05:58
- Processor will stop working if it overheats. Had similar thing with laptop... (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:48:19
  - cheers - if that doesnt work, can you buy more powerful fans, or is that (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 7, 13:52:09
    - If it doesn't work, it could also be a BIOS issue. In the BIOS (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 7, 13:53:53
      - oooh that sounds a bit outside my bounds of expertise - let's hope it's just the dust... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 7, 13:57:53
      - I think you can buy more powerful fans, but I wouldn't have a scooby about them (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 7, 13:54:20
        
        get a laptop cooling tray thingy (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 7, 14:02:44
        
        Cheers, i'll give that a go if the dust and drivers are not the problem... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 7, 14:06:30
    - Not a clue to be honest (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:52:34
  - You're a hero (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 7, 13:48:57
    - I know, we all have our crosses to bare (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:50:49
      - I was shocked that you actually gave sensible advice, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 7, 13:52:40
        
        Shouldn't you be off baiting sharks or shagging whores? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:57:20
        
        not at the moment, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 7, 13:58:44
        
        or baiting whores and shagging sharks (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:57:40
      - *bear... we knew... Brom didn't ... etc etc (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 7, 13:51:25
        
        And it's pretty obvious I didn't know :o) (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:52:52
        
        Bingo, was pretty sure it looked wrong (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 7, 13:52:22

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