I am running full laptop recovery. It powers off when I start second recovery disk.

I have a HP DV5000 laptop, and I decided to do a full PC recovery, so when it tells me to put in 2nd disk, once I put the disk and press OK after a couple seconds while its trying to load it, it powers off automatically, I turn it on and start it over [...]

New laptop shuts down like the battery dies

I just got a new laptop (Gateway FX series from BestBuy) and wheen I’m in the middle of playing a game or just having it on the laptop shuts down like the battery dies but I have it plugged into it’s charger ALL the time (when I’m using it). I have no clue what is [...]

Dell Inspiron 9100 shuts down when AC plug is moved

I have a Dell Inspiron 9100. Mine kept on shutting down randomly and eventually got worse. I got a laptop technician out and at first he thought it was overheating but it turned out to be the AC plug going into the back. Every time it moved around the laptop turns off. This implied that [...]

Laptop turns itself off when playing games

Although my laptop turns itself off when the fan is obscured (not good fan clearly) it turns itself off when playing games even when I raise the laptop to give the fan space. Could it be related to the processor usage related to running a game. I am sure this is not a software problem. [...]

My laptop turns off without any reason after about an hour or two

I am having trouble with my Evesham laptop. It turns off without any reason. When I turn it on is fine, then after about an hour or two it turns off. The times change though. I had it on for the whole day without using it but it didn’t turn off and when i went [...]

When I move the laptop or shake the bottom a bit it shut down

My laptop seems to be experiences cooling fan gunk build up and that is one reason it may shut down unexpectedly. BUT, in addition..when I move the laptop or shake the bottom a bit it seems to also shut down. Keep in mind it is not an adapter issue because the battery still has anywhere [...]

Whenever I run a memory consuming process the laptop slows down considerably and shuts down unexpectedly with no error

Whenever I run a memory consuming process – for example downloading music, virus scan, windows update, or even play music with windows media player or winamp – or whenever I have simultaneous applications running, the laptop slows down considerably and shuts down unexpectedly with no error. If I leave the laptop on for several hours [...]

I had shut down problem with CPU intensive uses. Disassembled, cleaned, reassembled the laptop but it’s even worse now.

I had shut down problem with CPU intensive (games) uses on my Toshiba Satellite A75 notebook. Disassembly seemed to go fine. The processor was clogged with dust. (Not surprising to me really. I’d bought it in Dec 04, took it with me to Iraq through all of ‘05). Problem started slowly, in Iraq, about six [...]

After I disassembled and cleaned the heatsink my laptop, it shuts down even faster then before cleaning

My Toshiba Satellite P35 laptop is giving me a real headache lately. It shuts down whenever I start using some video editing programs like Adobe Premiere or Ulead Media etc. I know they require a lot of memory that’s why I ordered another GB, now my Ram is 1.5 GB. Nevertheless it continued shutting down [...]

Our computer shuts down and you can’t log on to the internet or run any programs without shutting it off and turning it back on

We have a Toshiba Satellite Mobile Intel(R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU. When it sets for a while, and it can vary, the computer shuts down and you can’t log on to the internet or run any programs without shutting it off and turning it back on. What can be causing this? It has been driving [...]