Hello, We have a second hand laptop (free) due to the previous owners had ran out of warranty etc...
The laptop works fine, seems like there is nothing wrong, then all of s sudden, the power just goes, its completely random, it can be when your loading windows, or when your an hour or 2 into windows.
The laptop is a travelmate (acer) 210T, was running ME, now running windows XP What do i do?
2007-12-05 00:25:33 · 6 answers · asked by Gareth O 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
it seems the longer i leave it off (charging) the longer it stays on for...
also, the laptop was working fine for them, they just upgraded to a better laptop witch had warranty on it
2007-12-05 00:43:29 · update #1
It works fine in safe mode...
Any ideas?
2007-12-05 05:35:32 · update #2
It'll probably cost too much to repair for it to be worth repairing (that's probably why the previous owners decided to give it away).
2007-12-05 00:31:59 · answer #1 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a laptop that had the same problem. And the fan was running often and long. I took it apart and with a can of pressurized air blew out the dust. If I were to do it over I would not take it apart as it was hard to get back together. The important part is the cpu cooling apparatus. I would put the nozzle of the air into the computer through the fan inlet and blow through to the outlet and then go the other way. There was a lot of dust in the fan, cooler and heat sink on the cpu. Anyway it works fine now. I can leave it on all day and the fan seldom come on.
2007-12-05 03:01:32 · answer #2 · answered by alaskacat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be heat related, does the fan sound like it turns on occasionally? If a cpu gets too hot in a laptop it will turn off as a safety precaution.
2007-12-05 00:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by ryans_ccs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm undecided what's truly happening... yet my laptop did comparable to quickly as and after couple of days it did an identical ingredient... for me it became into the cooler... dont permit your lpt overheat by means of fact in case you do it is going to close down with no warning reason by means of fact its attempting to guard your lpt or it ought to reason injury to the domicile windows and yet one extra reason must be virus.... attempt restoring or setting up domicile windows Sorry if it didnt help
2016-10-10 07:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by wilabay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove the battery and run of the mains
2007-12-05 00:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by whatanidname 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trash it
2007-12-05 00:29:44 · answer #6 · answered by Dev D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋