Forum: Vue


Subject: Slightly OT - I think my PC just died

gillbrooks opened this issue on Jul 05, 2009 · 20 posts


melikia posted Sun, 05 July 2009 at 1:54 PM

Ailig - re: laptops turning off suddenly after a few hours...

this sounds like a fan/overheatting issue...

AKA, your laptop is aging and this is a typical thing....

my husband's did this (frustrating, cus he loves to purchase movies and then make a backup copy for us to actually use...)... he got one of those laptop cooling bases you set the laptop on when at a table or whatever and it blows ait up inside the laptop - that helped extend the life of his laptop another year.  we then sold the laptop to someone who didnt care about the issues LOL.

Another reason it could do it is if its been a very MOBILE (not one someone uses as a desktop) laptop, there is occassionally cold solder joints that come loose inside, and all it takes is a wiggle and the connection "misses", causing the laptop to turn off.... MY laptop does this, and while my dad fixed that cold solder joint for me, its still delicate and can only be used if i set it up and leave it there - so, its still in storage LOL.  one day, it'll be a render cow.

One more thing:  Just thought of it... have you had it diagnosed?  Your power supply could be having a fit as well....

Gill - have your hubby dig inside the tower and check all cable connections - if its trying to boot from slave there's a few things there that could be at issue - loose cord, or in the two worst cases - your main HD is failing (start those backups LOL)... or worse, the motherboard is starting to have issues.  crossing fingers a cord just started working loose... and clunky or not, it can always be turned into a rendercow later ;)... could even be other things i am not aware of.

now, my disclaimer - i am NOT A TECHIE.  my brother is, my father is, my best friend is... me - nope.  I just pay attention when MY computer does strange things and try to learn so if it happens again, I can take care of it.

if you get a new pc, we wanna drool on the specs ;)

glad your computer is back up and running, though...
~meli

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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