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Randomly shuts down!?!
A while back I had to fix a problem with my laptops fan. It would keep
overheating and shut off. I sent it in, they fixed and from then on it seemed to be fine. Now.... the fan is fine but it's started just shutting off again. It usually happens when it has been on all day and seems to be overheating (if that is possible.) Later, after letting it cool down, it starts running fine again. My big concern is, why is it just shutting off at all? I've been around thousands of computers, enough to know it shouldn't be randomly shutting down. (My work computer nevers just shut off).... What can be the problem? What should I do? |
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Melzee wrote:
A while back I had to fix a problem with my laptops fan. It would keep overheating and shut off. I sent it in, they fixed and from then on it seemed to be fine. Now.... the fan is fine but it's started just shutting off again. It usually happens when it has been on all day and seems to be overheating (if that is possible.) Later, after letting it cool down, it starts running fine again. My big concern is, why is it just shutting off at all? I've been around thousands of computers, enough to know it shouldn't be randomly shutting down. (My work computer nevers just shut off).... What can be the problem? What should I do? Most new computers do have automatic overheat protection and that may be what is causing your problem. Laptops are not designed for long term continuous operation and the design compromises necessary to get all of the hardware fitted into the small laptop case means that there is increased risk of overheating if the machine is used for extended periods. There are temperature monitoring utilities available, and there may even be one from your laptop's manufacturer (which would be the best choice). Also check the BIOS setup and see what it has available for overheat alarm settings. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm |
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Randomly shuts down!?!
I also have the same problem with my laptop shutting down automatically while
browsing through the internet or using windows media player. I have just formatted my laptop, assuming that it was a virus, but the computer is still shutting down. You said that it may be due to overheating, "new models have an automatic heat protection." I'm not sure if my laptop counts as a new model or not; I bought it 3 years ago. My laptop is a HP Intel Pentium M processor 1.60GHz, 199GB RAM using Windows XP Home SP2 version 2002. I'm not really good at fixing computers and hoping that you can help. "Ron Martell" wrote: Melzee wrote: A while back I had to fix a problem with my laptops fan. It would keep overheating and shut off. I sent it in, they fixed and from then on it seemed to be fine. Now.... the fan is fine but it's started just shutting off again. It usually happens when it has been on all day and seems to be overheating (if that is possible.) Later, after letting it cool down, it starts running fine again. My big concern is, why is it just shutting off at all? I've been around thousands of computers, enough to know it shouldn't be randomly shutting down. (My work computer nevers just shut off).... What can be the problem? What should I do? Most new computers do have automatic overheat protection and that may be what is causing your problem. Laptops are not designed for long term continuous operation and the design compromises necessary to get all of the hardware fitted into the small laptop case means that there is increased risk of overheating if the machine is used for extended periods. There are temperature monitoring utilities available, and there may even be one from your laptop's manufacturer (which would be the best choice). Also check the BIOS setup and see what it has available for overheat alarm settings. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm |
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