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Question posted by obet on February 26th, 2013

Desktop Pc Auto Shutdown

i have a problem on my desktop acer veriton..every time i power on it restart automatic..i already check the bios,windows setting and checked power setting option there no problem on those areas. Please help?thanks

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on February 27th, 2013 8:08 PM

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There are many possible causes/reasons why your Acer Aspire S3-391 laptop suddenly shuts itself down after turning the power on for a few seconds. Some of the se causes are the following:

Dirty and Dusty Ram
High Temperature and Over Heating of the computer
Software and Hardware Malfunctions
Virus or Malware
Loose Connection of Hardware Cables
CMOS Battery

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