Why would a laptop all of a sudden shut down? My battery was still full.?

Answer 1

There are a few probabilities:
1. Your computer is infected with virus.
2. There are some problems with the Windows Station.
3. Your laptop has reach unaccepted temperature and shut down to prevent damage.
4. There are some hardware failures.

I suggest you check with your local dealers.

Answer 2

The most likely problem is overheating due to dust. You do not say which operating system or how long the computer runs for, and whether this occur when using the power adaptor rather than the battery?

Another thing that may cause this is damaged files in the O/S.

If so allow the operating system to complete a check of the hard disk. Windows will prompt your to run CHKDSK. CHKDSK scans the hard drive for damaged files and repairs the files if necessary. The scan may take up to an hour depending on the size of the hard drive and the number of damaged files. The computer will restart when the scan is complete and Windows should start normally

Answer 3

There are three answers which may help to make sense of this. If you opened a program (like Adobe Premier Elements) and did not have the most updated audio drivers (I know, you are saying 'WHA??") but things like this do happen, then your computer could just shut down (full crash). Any other programs could do that too, but this is probably the most extreme scenario.

A second possibility, and the more likely one, would be heat. If you were gaming or doing anything which processes math, your' computer could get too hot for the fan to compensate, and for it's own protection, it could shut down.

A third possibility could be your settings, and what you were doing at the time. If you have it set to hibernate to soon, and were not actively using it at the time, it could seem to shut down even though it is only in hibernation. Pressing the power button would determine this, as it would come back up quicker than normal boot up.

Hope some of this is helpful.

Answer 4

Fixing it would probably cost a couple hundred bucks and you can get a new netbook for that. Before you do, though, consider replacing the power supply (the black box and cord). There were issues with Dells and a few others where the power supplies were oversized and they sometimes delivered too much wattage to the laptop, which eventually would cause it to power down for protection of the circuits.The fact that you are not having problems on battery power makes me think that could be the case. The replacement power supply will cost you about $60. It's best to order it from the manufacturer.

Answer 5

There is a slight possibility that your battery could have been run down. Most laptop batteries occasionally need to be "re-calibrated". Otherwise, they will report an incorrect charge (i.e. say they are charged when they are not).

To re-calibrate a battery, you need to let the battery run all the way down (just run the laptop on battery power).

Answer 6

Overheating. I would bet you have an HP Pavillion. Take a compressed air canister and blow our around the fan. There is a large cover with 8 screws over the cooling fans. Take that cover off and blow it out.

The issue is you have accumulated to much dirt in the cooling fans and they cannot produce enough air flow to cool the CPU.

Answer 7

Was it a Lenovo? May be it crashed due to some other reasons like installing an update for Windows or any other software. Or may be if you were using internet, your lappy was a target of any trojan or something. I suggest to run a spyware scan on your laptop. Dont worry.

Answer 8

It may have overheated causing it to shut down before any damage was caused.
If this is the problem try a cooling pad.

Answer 9

Many of things could've contributed; Overheating, program glitch, software malfunction. It's reall hard to tell if it's only doesn't it once, if it does it over and over, definately need to get it looked at!

Answer 10

Overheating?