"Have had this model since Jan09. I read here about a sudden turning off issue; I got this 2 weeks ago, 4x. Would just power off, not shutdown.

Me thinks: Probably a hw issue, or, driver issue related to DMA, video. System attempting to preserve itself. No logs in bios; os logs of little value in this case. Much fruitless research followed.

Did 4 things:

1 Open up and blew dust off of motherboard dust causes capacitance. Also CPU heat sink had LOTS on one side. It is held against CPU under spring pressure - rock it and blow out dust beneath causes CPU overheating

2 Jiggle-reseat all cables could lead to DMA issues on hard drive, DVD, etc

3 Unplug-reseat memory poor electrical connection due to oxidation of contacts; CPU throws unrecoverable exception and halts

4 Update video drivers

Problem solved! Likely steps 1-3 fixed it; number 4 never hurts.

Otherwise great computer! Too bad CPU doesn't support virtualization for Win7 though"

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