-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Laptop shuts down

Rocky,
It sounds like three possibilities.
Heat Issue
Ram Problems
Or a Worn out battery.

You might have to take the laptop apart and make sure
all the dust is blown out and the fans work.
Also check the bottom of the laptop for specific hot
spot areas.

Try and see if the laptop can run on AC power without
the battery.

Swap out ram and see if that fixes the problem.

When you run DOS on the laptop it does not stress any
components so the fault is never triggered.

When running an OS or installing an OS this uses more
resources. Creates Heat, hard drive spins up more
draws more current from the power source.
Also windows uses more more ram than DOS and the fault
may be in there.

I would check with the previous owners and see if they
replaced the hard drive and/or upgraded the ram.

Instead of tossing the laptop, use this a learning
experience.

Good Luck,
Glen


--- Rocky Fithian <rockyfit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I bought a Toshiba 1ghz laptop from a guy and after
> a time it started 
> shutting down on me. If you restarted it, it would
> shut down sooner like it 
> was a heat problem, but the fan was running. I took
> it to have it worked on 
> and they say there is no hardware problem, but it
> had an illegal copy of XP 
> on it. They tried a new hard drive in it, but it
> only ran longer before it shut 
> down. I don't know what OS they tried. They put my
> old drive back in. I 
> reformated the drive and it would set on the C\
> prompt for days and not 
> shut down. If I try to load an OS even 98SE it will
> get about 15 min. into the 
> install and shut down.
> Any one have any idea what is going on with it? I
> have even written zeros 
> to the hard drive and get the same thing. I have
> thought about buying an 
> upgrade disc and letting it see the 98SE disc to
> upgrade to XP Pro. Is this a 
> good idea or not? Short of junking it I'm lost, or
> should I junk it?
> 
> Rocky Fithian K2LN
> If God doesn't seem near, who moved?
> Click the link below for my web pages.


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 
--
<Please delete this line and everything below.>

To unsub or change your email settings:
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk

To access our Archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/

Other related posts: