It ONLY happens when I'm watching videos on the interwebs(weird i know). If I'm just browsing the internet or doing anything else it doesn't shut down. Anyone have any ideas why it likes to do this?
Is it bluescreening and rebooting or just rebooting? Uncheck automatically restart on system failure so you can see if there's a bluescreen message. Then you'll know if it's hardware or software causing the issue.
Is it bluescreening and rebooting or just rebooting? Uncheck automatically restart on system failure so you can see if there's a bluescreen message. Then you'll know if it's hardware or software causing the issue.
not not bluescreening and it doesn't reboot it shuts down. i just tried changing my power plan from balanced to high performance and it didn't shut down although it has in the past while watching videos on high performance.
Overheating? Blow some compressed air in any vents you can find for starters. Maybe there's some dust in the HSF. Next step would be opening it up and doing the same if possible. Maybe the heatsink is coming loose too, or needs some new thermal paste. Gateway's are pieces of shit and their company is a joke.
Overheating? Blow some compressed air in any vents you can find for starters.
Plus you can huff that shit and get a killer buzz.
Also try spraying some WD40 in your RAM slots - it lubricates the data so it gets to your processor faster. (Assuming you've already done the system32 thing, of course.)
Dump a glass of ants into all the fans. Then take off your pants and smear soggy oats into your chest hair and press all the fucntion keys on the keyboard at once.