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Alyallen · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:40 am Post subject: Random shutdowns suck!

Hi All,

My brother has a Toshiba laptop. It is 2 years old and pretty much since its purchase, it has randomly shutdown (probably should have been taken back but the problem didn't really surface till I was in Korea with the laptop).

It does it whenever it feels like it. It does it will someone is doing homework, or on the internet, or while downloading things. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for these shutdowns. It will be on one minute and off the next.

I can give more detail if needed. Just help a girl and her brother out!

AlyAllen

oneiros · Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Location: Villa Straylight

Is it overheating? I had that same mystery problem until someone much more computer savvy than me clued me into the fact that laptops automatically turn off when they get too hot. If you don't have one, I'd try getting a good cooler pad.

ryleeys · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MD

Is there any kind of warning message?

I've noticed that on Windows XP installs on laptops especially, you run into problems with some of the software settings initiating a shutdown after finding programming errors (and errors happen more common than you think, the computer usually just ignores them)

wylde · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

Giant · Joined: 14 May 2003 Location: South Korea

It could be a virus or worm.

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

I would say heat or power or maybe even a short. New products come with a warranty for a reason...they don't all work out of the box.

Either way you will need to get it serviced.

Alyallen · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:26 pm Post subject:

Hi All,

Thanks for the answers. I had no clue there was a thing such as a cooler pad for laptops. I will definitely give that a try first. The computer never gave any error messages before shutting down so overheating sounds like a good possibility. To my knowledge, there is no virus on this computer. I've found some before but they have been dispatched into the hell all viruses go.

The best idea is to take a return trip (see Wylde, I can be agreeable Laughing

) to the store. My brother and I are trying to figure that one out. The laptop is still under warranty but we are on a quest to find the original receipt.

But for now, I'll try to buy a cooler pad and see if that works out.

Thanks,
AlyAllen