ok, i clicked "run" on a pop up without checking it out first, because, yes, i'm retarded. as soon as i clicked it i was like NOOOO why did i do that?!! but i did, and here's what happened: about 3 seconds after clicking the link, the computer completely shut off and powered down. i turned it back on, booted up again, and then after 1-2 minutes it shut off again. next time it wouldn't turn on at all, so i unplugged it and waited a little while, then turned it on again, started up, and the same thing happened - it shut down after a minute or 2. this happens every time i turn it on. would a virus make this happen? or is it the power supply?

10/3/2005 4:46:53 PM

Boot in safe mode and see if it still happens.

10/3/2005 4:55:26 PM

In case you dont know how to get into safemode spaced guy, http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml.

10/3/2005 5:01:37 PM

cool, i'll try that

10/3/2005 5:40:53 PM

could be heat related , if u haven't cleaned out the comptuer in a while it may be about that time.

10/4/2005 12:06:27 AM

could be power supply

10/4/2005 12:12:05 AM

ok yeah it won't even turn on now...so maybe it is heat or power supply...

10/4/2005 8:57:14 AM

got new power supply from HP in 2 days flat - problem solved

but i thought i should run a virus scan anyway and symantec said it couldn't run the scan because the scan engine returned error 0x2........

10/4/2005 10:59:21 PM