Left-clicking mouse sometimes IMMEDIATELY shuts down computer...Need Help!

[stereoeggs]

Hello, everyone!...

I’ve been experiencing a very strange problem.

I can be working on my computer for a few minutes or a few hours, and then when I left-click my mouse to open a file, or to save a game, or to do just about anything, my computer immediately turns itself off…by which I mean it completely shuts down, and I must turn off the main power supply switch, wait 20 minutes or more, turn the switch back on, and then turn on my front-panel power-on button to restart my computer.

This problem is happening more and more frequently and is starting to cost me a lot of time…and I’m simply clueless.

Does anybody have any idea why left-clicking a mouse to have a computer perform a task (like saving a file) would cause the computer to immediately shut down and power itself off?

Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


Computer components:

- Dual-boot Windows XP Professional 64-bit (with Service Pack 3) and Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (with Service Pack 1);
- Asus Motherboard P9X79-E WS;
- Intel i7-3820 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz;
- Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler;
- 4 x CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800);
- Mushkin MKNSSDRE1TB Reactor 1TB SATA III 6Gb SSD;
- Crucial M550 1TB SSD;
- Crucial M500 480GB SSD;
- MSI RX480 8GB GDDR5 Gaming X Twin Frozr VI graphics card;
- SeaSonic X-1050 ( SS-1050XM2 ) 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready;
- Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
- Logitech Wireless Anywhere Mouse MX

 

[jrrdmchls]

My guess is that it has nothing to do with left clicking. Its more likely one of your components are failing. Power supply, Motherboard, Video card.... I've never heard of a mouse causing crash issues.

 

[stereoeggs]

My guess is that it has nothing to do with left clicking. Its more likely one of your components are failing. Power supply, Motherboard, Video card.... I've never heard of a mouse causing crash issues.

I've never heard of this problem, either. Yet, unfortunately, I seem to be experiencing it.

If my computer were shutting down even 1, 2, or a few seconds after I click on a tab or radial button to perform a task (such as saving a file), I could more readily see how the clicking might be unrelated to the computer powering down. However, as (when it happens) the computer immediately powers down within a fraction of a second after I click my mouse, it seems highly unlikely to me that the clicking and the powering-down are totally unrelated and just coincidental.

The question in my mind is: Why is my computer sometimes powering off when I direct it (by clicking my mouse) to perform/process a task? In my mind, there must be a reason. However, my technical knowledge of computers and how they operate is totally not up to the task of figuring out this problem.

Whatever is the case, what would you suggest that I do next to try and pin down and fix this worsening problem?

 

[jrrdmchls]

My guess is that it has nothing to do with left clicking. Its more likely one of your components are failing. Power supply, Motherboard, Video card.... I've never heard of a mouse causing crash issues.

I've never heard of this problem, either. Yet, unfortunately, I seem to be experiencing it.

If my computer were shutting down even 1, 2, or a few seconds after I click on a tab or radial button to perform a task (such as saving a file), I could more readily see how the clicking might be unrelated to the computer powering down. However, as (when it happens) the computer immediately powers down within a fraction of a second after I click my mouse, it seems highly unlikely to me that the clicking and the powering-down are totally unrelated and just coincidental.

The question in my mind is: Why is my computer sometimes powering off when I direct it (by clicking my mouse) to perform/process a task? In my mind, there must be a reason. However, my technical knowledge of computers and how they operate is totally not up to the task of figuring out this problem.

Whatever is the case, what would you suggest that I do next to try and pin down and fix this worsening problem?

Your PC is crashing. Not powering down. You could try another mouse. Maybe your mouse driver is causing Windows to crash. (doubtful this is the issue)

You could try and re-install windows. I know it can be a pain but maybe your OS is corrupt.

You could try and replace the power supply. Maybe your power supply is failing.

But before you do any of this. My suggestion would be to Unplug every connector you can find. Hard drive, power to your motherboard, everything! Make sure they are re-seating properly. You could have a loose connection somewhere. I've had this happen with a hard drive before.

 

[Chicano]

I agree with jrrdmchls... If the mouse crashed Windows constantly and right after login on, it would surely be the mouse, but as you describe it, it can happen minutes to hours after login on.

What I understand is that the mouse click starts activity on CPU, RAM, Motherboard, inreases PSU delivery, etc. and then whatever component or software it may be, causes the crash.

1. Powering down is when Windows starts the process of closing services, system files, etc. and it brings up a message saying Windows is shutting down.
2. A crash is when the computer suddenly shutsdown the computer without a warning from Windows or chance to stop the shutdown.

And as you said: "the computer immediately powers down within a fraction of a second after I click my mouse" You describe a crash not a power down. These can be caused by a bad PSU and I have had it from driver issues. Never experienced it from other hardware or software issues... issues I have experienced from these, almost always have caused freezing either momentary, temporary or definite. Considering this I would suspect a driver issue which you can solve updating drivers, or bad PSU issue which you can solve by using a different PSU or testing your PSU on another computer... you could also chech all power connections as suggested by jrrdmchls

 

[stereoeggs]

Thanks for all the help, tips, and advice.

After a lot of time and thought, I decided to take the plunge and buy a new power supply so that I could verify whether or not my original one was faulty. After I put in the new power supply, my computer stopped crashing and everything has been running smoothly. So...it was a faulty power supply that was causing the problems.

Thanks, again, for your responses.

PS/ It was tough picking the "best solution" because both respondents gave generally similar advice. I picked Chicano's response as the "best" only because he seemed to place more emphasis on faulty hardware rather than software, and went into a little more explanation as to his thinking. (I wish I could give jrrdmchls an "honorable mention.")