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How old is it? When did it start doing it? What changes have been made before you started having this problem? Do you see a blue screen with errors or is it only restarting?
On laptops, make sure the air intake (at the button, generally) should be free and open (not covered). If it is covered, air does not get in, laptop overheats and shuts off.
How old is it? When did it start doing it? What changes have been made before you started having this problem? Do you see a blue screen with errors or is it only restarting?
On laptops, make sure the air intake (at the button, generally) should be free and open (not covered). If it is covered, air does not get in, laptop overheats and shuts off.
I keep my laptop on a solid table surface, and it is about a year and a half old.Does the table provide enough ventilation? I started having the problem a couple of days ago, and I have not experienced the dreaded blue screen of death (don't XP computers not have the blue screen of death anymore?)
How old is it? When did it start doing it? What changes have been made before you started having this problem? Do you see a blue screen with errors or is it only restarting?
On laptops, make sure the air intake (at the button, generally) should be free and open (not covered). If it is covered, air does not get in, laptop overheats and shuts off.
It sounds like it is overheating, especially considering how hot it is in FL.
I have a Toshiba laptop and it has shut itself down, and everytime it has to do with overheating. Laying flat on a table it not good. I have the corner of a book lifting the back of mine off the table so that both circular fan areas area not covered at all. I also get a slightly damp cloth once a month and clean off the two air vents on the bottom and then use condensed air and blow out the dust in the fams after that and then no problem. Try that I bet it will work.
Brokencrayola, my Toshiba lap top used to shut down when it overheated. My husband disassembled the laptop and used "canned air" to blow out the dust. Someone told me to cover air vents with dryer sheets, the computer can still breathe but dust won't get into the computer. I keep my laptop elevated as well. This seems to be a common problem, Toshiba doesn't want to cop to it.
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