it was in fact the power switch/cable, when new cable was installed I could see a difference in the button light (much brighter) and has been on...
ok thanks, I will try the cleaning
the power button does make sense with the symptoms i'm having
how did you fix a power button? I did see an error in viewer that the "user initiated a shut down" which I did not do.
I thought that myself at one point but I don't think I ever checked it out, will check in morning bed time now and thanks much Zander
everything is onboard and data cables have been changed, only connected device that is not needed to operate is DVD player but will try that....
Tony thank you for responding but i'm @ a loss here, I have never been unable to find problem after 28 yrs of repairing but this has me stumped...
board has been replaced, too much past caused reverse effect and machine was cleaned before new board put in
no, I am not overclocking and yes it still does it in safe mode
folks I looked under system in viewer also right before shutdown occurred and seen this error and thought you could tell me what it means "he...
will try the uninstall usb hub also just shut down at 3:09 today about 1/2hr ago and these are the three errors before shutdown first...
I have no more ideas, was hoping someone else did that knew more about windows programming, I am not a programmer
that setting is already turned off though
don't get bsod just windows is shutting down and turns off the machine also no error on reboot
that was done first
steve I just noticed something, when I go into device manager and click on details under generic USB hub properties it just keeps flashing and...
and it just says "windows is shutting down" no errors at all and will try to get the new viewer errors next time.
both and this last time stayed on almost 4 days, time before that 30 hrs
I have a dell OptiPlex 790 windows 7 pro 64 bit sp1 that is 3yrs 3mon old that just shuts itself off "windows is shutting down" no error, no...
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