220-802 · Question #130
The computer starts up and runs for less than a minute before shutting down or locking up. This is a symptom of:
The correct answer is A. overheating. When a computer shuts down or freezes within seconds to a minute of booting, the classic cause is overheating. Modern CPUs and motherboards have thermal protection circuits that trigger an automatic shutdown when temperatures exceed safe thresholds - which can happen almost…
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The computer starts up and runs for less than a minute before shutting down or locking up. This is a symptom of:
Options
- Aoverheating.
- Bincompatible RAM.
- Ca faulty hard drive.
- Da bad internal USB hub.
How the community answered
(40 responses)- A85% (34)
- B10% (4)
- C3% (1)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
When a computer shuts down or freezes within seconds to a minute of booting, the classic cause is overheating. Modern CPUs and motherboards have thermal protection circuits that trigger an automatic shutdown when temperatures exceed safe thresholds - which can happen almost immediately if a heatsink is improperly seated, thermal paste is missing, or a fan has failed. RAM incompatibility and hard drive faults typically cause different symptoms (BSODs, boot loops, read errors), and a bad USB hub would not cause a full system shutdown.
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