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Hey folks.
I'm running into a computer issue that is randomly shutting down my computer, sometimes at the login stage for Windows 7. It started about four months ago, where it would drop out after a couple of hours of Civ. I figured it was a combination of the heat of my room and the dustiness of it. However, after a thorough cleaning with compressed air, it's not only started up, but has accelerated to the point that I get maybe 15 minutes of operation with the computer. Since it is my main system for job searching, I need to get it fixed pronto.
After some scanning through the system logs, the cause appears to be the following critical error - Kernel-Power. A friend thinks it could be a dying power source, but after a look online, there's some dozen possible reasons listed, from software/driver conflicts to failing hardware. I have the capacity to cover repairs if I have to, but I don't have the cash for multiple guesses. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of issue, and if so, what I should be looking for to isolate the cause?
I'm running into a computer issue that is randomly shutting down my computer, sometimes at the login stage for Windows 7. It started about four months ago, where it would drop out after a couple of hours of Civ. I figured it was a combination of the heat of my room and the dustiness of it. However, after a thorough cleaning with compressed air, it's not only started up, but has accelerated to the point that I get maybe 15 minutes of operation with the computer. Since it is my main system for job searching, I need to get it fixed pronto.
After some scanning through the system logs, the cause appears to be the following critical error - Kernel-Power. A friend thinks it could be a dying power source, but after a look online, there's some dozen possible reasons listed, from software/driver conflicts to failing hardware. I have the capacity to cover repairs if I have to, but I don't have the cash for multiple guesses. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of issue, and if so, what I should be looking for to isolate the cause?
