it actually was the CPU fan that was loose. thanks for your assistance.
Well, we can eliminate 1 thing. It's not a Virus because it's running Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit edition.
I'm having a problem with a computer that I built 2-3 1/2 years ago everything worked fine up until 4/20/2013 when it just started shutting down...
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