I have a emachines 3230 which developed the habit of switching itself off and on at random times. I have ran the restore disc and still have the problem. I tried upgrading the bios but it made no difference. Any suggestions?

Terry Jackson, June 2007

i had the same problem - been looking for answer and eventually decided to rip the front off .. only to find a little red wire had come loose. I pushed it back on and is now running fine

adam, May 2008

I have the same problem with mine, the only thing i have found that works is to remove the cables supplying power to the on/off switch. since i have done this i have had no problems, however it is a pain in the ars* if you don't wish your computer to be running all the time. hope this helps, if you have found another method please post it, thanks.

Neil Ryan, October 2007

check the power cable is plugged in securely at both ends.
is the pc in a hot place like near a radiator ? could be overheating.
The cpu fan may be failing and causing the cpu to over heat, generally the system would freeze first
the power supply in the pc may have a problem
some idi*t my be switching it off when you are not looking, a slap should fix that !! if the pc is dusty inside try giving it a vacum, switch it off first. . .good luck

Dal, June 2007