Computering shuting off.

You should let us know what kind of pc it is and what OS it has ... that makes a big difference. Anyway, I have seen other posts about people saying their 8100s shut down randomly with Windows ME. It appears to be a issue with many Dells.

- Rob -
Dimension 8100
P4, 1.7 GHz
1024 MB PC800 RDRAM
20 and 30 GB hard drives
64 MB GeForce3
Santa Cruz sound card
DVD and CD-RW drives
Windows 2000

I may be off the subject, but does it go into hibernate? or just plain shut off?

-Dell Dimension L1000R
-Windows 2000 Professional
-BIOS A12
-1GHz Pentium III Processer
-133MHz Bus Clock
-40GB Hard Drive (7200RPM)
-40GB Hard Drive (5400RPM)
-256MB SDRAM
-E770 Monitor/17in.
-16x DVD ROM
-Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers with Subwoofer
-F-1146IV/R9F - 56k Modem
-MS Office XP -Small Business
-Norton AntiVirus 2001
-Intel 3D AGP Graphics
-Creative Sound Blaster 64V PCI Sound Card
-UMAX Astra 2100U
-HP DeskJet 680C
-HP DeskJet 693C
-HP All-In-One psc 750

My computer would reboot everytime there was a thunderstorm. Installing a battery backup system cured the problem. I've seen references to loose memory chips or a faulty power supply as potential causes of shutting down. It makes sense to rule out these hardware based possibilities before investing in new accessories. Are you using a decent surge protector? Good luck.

I have an 8100 running Windows ME. The computer was constantly shutting off--not hibernating--shutting off. Dell replaced a power supply and I have not had a problem since.It could go a week without a problem, but then would do it to the point where I couldn't even get a desktop screen. I definately would not rule out the power supply.

I just got my 8100 yesterday and it has restarted at least 4 times since then. It happens at random times (most often when I'm working on something) and it reboots like nothing went wrong. Tech support said the system resources were too low, try MSCONFIG. I did that, but I also told him I wasn't doing anything more than what I did on a regular basis on my old Crapshiba laptop with half the processor and half the memory! I have 1.3GHz, 256MB ram, 80 GB HD.

There is a obvious problem here .... I am guessing some of the 8100s were shipped with bad power supplies. I have a 8100 and leave it on 24/7 with NO problems.

There is no way your resources are too low.



- Rob -
Dimension 8100
P4, 1.7 GHz
1024 MB PC800 RDRAM
20 and 30 GB hard drives
64 MB GeForce3
Santa Cruz sound card
DVD and CD-RW drives
Windows 2000