pr0blem officer?

by sac • 25 Oct 2011, 18:56 • Journals
So i got brothers laptop, he already bought new one and i thought if i could fix this shit up, it could be better than my own laptop. annnnyway..
so if i start the windows its okay, but after few minutes after it loads the programs computer just shuts itself down.
runs okay in safe mode tho, but if i wanted to boot it also shuts down, so what might be preventing this problem?
overheating? and what should i do?
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beAsty 25 Oct 2011, 19:59
disable all startup progrs, enable them 1 by 1 and boot and see which one causes the problem
if nothing helps, disable all hardware and enable 1 by 1
if that won't help either: format c

unlikely that the laptop is overheating after a few seconds/minutes
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sac 25 Oct 2011, 21:10
ok ty ill try this also :P
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zeddd 25 Oct 2011, 20:01
you could install speedfan on it http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php and see what the temperatures are like, doesnt sound too much like an overheating problem tbh
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promen 25 Oct 2011, 20:07
everest > speedfan

speedfan = 30% fake
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beAsty 25 Oct 2011, 20:08
hwinfo, gpu-u, cpu-z work well too.
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Burneddi 25 Oct 2011, 20:04
With my limited skills in computer telepathy, I'd say it's rather unlikely it overheats. However, you can try vaccuuming the ventilation holes to remove some of the dust stuck in the heatsinks and such.
Other than that, it could be any number of things from various software borkages to hardware faults such as a broken RAM module.

If it was your brother's, I'd reinstall the OS on it. It could help, and starting off a clean surface is always nice.
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sac 25 Oct 2011, 21:09
ill try ty
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