My computer has been powering off at random.

This is NOT a crash...

I am running XP SP2.

Seemingly at random, my computer will power off. When it reboots, it acts as if nothing had happened. (In other words, no "Windows unexpectedly shut down"-type messages).

When it reboots, all of my menus are exactly like they were AT THE TIME OF MY LAST REBOOT. In other words "Recent Documents", etc. (Start Menu AND inside Office) do not reflect what I was working on since the last reboot. (Although all saved documents are indeed saved - just not on any Recently Used menus.)

It happens pretty consistently when I RUN NAV - but not in the same "place" in the scan. Ditto for Spyware Blaster. Sometimes when updating AvantGo on my Palm, but not always. Also in Safe mode with NAV.

Obviously, I don't have enough information to search out what's wrong. But it's all the information I have.

I’m thinking it MAY be a heat-sync issue… For no good reason, I blew compressed, cold air, over my fans every few minutes while running NAV last night, and it didn’t power off for the first time in a month.

So, do different programs and processes run at different temperatures?

And, is there a utility to monitor this?

Thanks!




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take your pick>>http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads14.html rjbinney...Certainly sounds like a temperature issue ..
What temp is the processor operating at ?
Have you looked in the event monitor to see if theres anything showing up in there .
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What temp is the processor operating at ?

Have you looked in the event monitor to see if theres anything showing up in there .