Laptop shuts down after a few minutes on...please help!

Posted: 07-25-2004, 06:20 AM

Brian

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My dell laptop shuts down after a few minutes of being on.
First, it will slow down in performance, then shut down.
At first I thought it was the fans becuase the system was
getting so hot. So I updated the BIOS and the fans started
working. But my problem still exists. So then I was told
that it might be the sasser virus, so I scanned my
computer for the virus with the removal tool and my
computer does not have the virus. I deleted all spyware,
at least I hope I did becuase my computer shut down before
I could finish, and still the problem exists. Can somebody
help me out?

~Brian

Laptop shuts down after a few minutes on...please help!

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Laptop shuts down after a few minutes on...please help!

Posted: 07-25-2004, 01:35 PM

>-----Original Message-----
>My dell laptop shuts down after a few minutes of being

on.

>First, it will slow down in performance, then shut down.
>At first I thought it was the fans becuase the system

was

>getting so hot. So I updated the BIOS and the fans

started

>working. But my problem still exists. So then I was told
>that it might be the sasser virus, so I scanned my
>computer for the virus with the removal tool and my
>computer does not have the virus. I deleted all spyware,
>at least I hope I did becuase my computer shut down

before

>I could finish, and still the problem exists. Can

somebody

>help me out?
>
>~Brian
>.
>sounds like a hardware problem,you may wont to take it

apart and get a can of compressed air from your favorite
computer store or Wal-Mart(what-ever)they sell it in the
electronics department.Make sure it's cool when you do
this,blow out the lint.My guess is you have dust and lint
on the processore cooling find making it over heat
causing the thermal switch to shut it off to save it from
burning up,blow out the dust and give it a try.

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