PC turns off abruptly when online/utorrent

Hi,


I'm having a strange and annoying problem that just won't fix!

Every time I'm online my computer cuts off its power abruptly.


At first it only happened immediately after I ran the peer-2-peer download program Azureus/Vuze, which I then removed and replaced with U torrent after reading a few forums about Vuze being a resource hog. U torrent seemed ok but started having the same error after a short while.

I read somewhere that it could be caused by the number of outgoing connection attempts being too high so I increased the amount windows allows from 50 to 150 using a file I found here:

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

But the pc didn't stop turning off.


By pure luck I worked out that the PC does not switch itself off when I run Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, which requires the CD Drive, at the same time as my p2p. In fact it can sometimes stay downloading without incident for a good 8 hours over night before switching off as long as the game is the active window. Even then, whilst playing if the game is paused for more than 1 minute it turns off.


Here are the main bits I gathered from browsing the event viewer:

***1***
Event Type: Error Event Source: Cdrom
Event Category: None Event ID: 11

Description:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0.

Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b8 00 ..h...¸.
0008: 00 00 00 00 0b 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 31 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 1.......
0030: ff ff ff ff 02 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 c4 02 00 00 00 @..Ä....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 48 02 00 00 . ..H...
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 40 8a 70 3b e7 8a ..@?p;ç?
0058: 00 00 00 00 80 ab ef 8a ....?«ï?
0060: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0068: 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 (.......
0070: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 70 00 04 00 00 00 00 0a p.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 08 03 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

That error occurred several times (16 to 24) prior to each time the system turned itself off, always with one instance of the following event somewhere inbetween:

***2***
Event Type: Information Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None Event ID: 4201

Description:
The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{C84A584F-A1A4-4B8E-AE53-DAB6A25290B0}
was connected to the network, and has
initiated normal operation over the network adapter.

Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 50 00 ......P.
0008: 00 00 00 00 69 10 00 40 ....i..@
0010: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

So I reasoned that the problem was some kind of conflict with the CD Rom. I physically removed it to see if that was the case then noticed these two recurring events:

***3***

Event Type: Information Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None Event ID: 7035

Description:
The IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service service was successfully
sent a start control.

***4***

Event Type: Information Event Source: Service Control Manager
Category: None Event ID: 7036

Description:
The IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service service entered the
running state.

I thought that service was odd as I had just unplugged the CD Rom so I looked it up and it was just for burning cds using windows, which I never do, so I stopped it but the shut downs continued and actually got worse! Now the computer turns off suddenly without me even running my p2p when I browse the net using Firefox or Internet Explorer, especially if I open multiple tabs or go onto utube. It even cuts out sporadically when left idle during typing a notepad or word file.


Before the last few cutouts I always get these events in this order:

***5***
Event Type: Information Event Source: EventLog
Event Category: None Event ID: 6009

Description:
Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service
Pack 3 Multiprocessor Free.

***6***
Event Type: Information Event Source: EventLog
Event Category: None Event ID: 6005

Description:
The Event log service was started.

***7***
Event Type: Warning Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None Event ID: 1003


Description:
Your computer was not able to renew its address from
the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network
Card with network address 001837073688.
The following error occurred:
The operation was canceled by the user. . Your computer
will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from
the network address (DHCP) server.

Data:
0000: c7 04 00 00 Ç...

***8***

Event Type: Information Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None Event ID: 4201

(SAME AS ***2***)


Prior to looking through the event viewer I have:
-Cleaned my whole case & components & Fan
-Cleaned & re-applied thermal grease to the CPU
-Tried another power supply (350w)
-Unplugged the graphics card & used the onboard
-Updated the Graphics card drivers
-NForce mainboard driver update (no better driver found)


My system:
AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual core processor 4600+
2.41ghz
4GB ram
Nvidia 8600 GT
Abit NF-M25V Motherboard
Antec 500W psu
Windows XP SP3
Panda IS 2010 anti-virus


The only way I can stay online or use my p2p and be certain of no flaws is in safe mode. As far as I can see the errors started after the last XP update I did. To me it seems like some kind of system resource conflict is being caused by my onboard ethernet controller and that causes the GPU or the CPU to quickly and suddenly overheat. I don't get any errors at all if that is unplugged or disabled, even if utorrent is on.


Any ideas out there?

 

I have the same event id's before my computer turns off by itself, did you solve the problem? I'm about to try changing the psu..

 

Abruptly have no sense.

Did you think could by a virus?

It happens when you navigate f.e Google, Yahoo etc... or only with uTorrent.

Did you know uTorrent have an option to shutdown the PC when (end a dl..etc..) (but you say abruptly and that haven't sense)

Read this:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

Cheers.:zzz