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PC shuts down at odd times

Asked by kaphar

My Toshiba shuts down at odd times, with no singular event or application running. However, It seems more prevalent when I am using the Open Office Word Processor, but this is my main activity. Is there a bug or virus known that will create this problem or am I just looking at a bad PC?
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H.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please make sure to have a good RAM please check it

Please boot entirely (you must not see windows starting) from Ubuntu live install cd and when the system start to boot from cd you will see two bottom screen icons ( keyboard and man inside circle ) please press space (choose your desired language) then a screen textual center menu will appear to you with this items in it:

Try Ubuntu without installing
Install Ubuntu
Check disc for defects
Test memory
Boot from first hard disk

Please select "Test Memory" to deeply test your ram healty, if your pc freeze at installation or installation doesn't start.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16666/diagnose-hardware-problems-with-an-ubuntu-live-cd/

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