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Laptop mysteriously shuts off (while idle or nearly so)

aaand, figured out the boot loop. When I was taking out the fan to clean it off the other day, I accidentally unplugged the wrong cable. I replaced it, but I think it caused a reset in BIOS settings. the SATA setting in BIOS had been switched to RAID, and as a result the computer didn't boot...
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- Post #10
- Oct 15, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Laptop mysteriously shuts off (while idle or nearly so)

Well, it was not the hard drive. My SATA to USB converter was not working, I think. I put the hard drive inside of my wife's laptop and it booted fine. I backed up all my important data then and there. The laptop itself is still dead, though. I don't know what the issue is. It looks like...
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- Post #9
- Oct 15, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Laptop mysteriously shuts off (while idle or nearly so)

I tried booting from the hard drive in question while it was connected, via the USB/Sata adapter, to a second laptop. This didn't work, the computer just went black for some seconds and then went into its own hard drive's OS. I haven't tried booting via USB on the original laptop, yet...
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- Post #8
- Oct 14, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Laptop mysteriously shuts off (while idle or nearly so)

New development. I opened the laptop to see if I could visualize bad capacitors, but it required more disassembly than I was comfortable performing on my own, so I couldn't answer that question. I just removed the top, took the fan out to dust it off (as I had done before), then put it back...
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- Post #6
- Oct 14, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Laptop mysteriously shuts off (while idle or nearly so)

Thanks for the reply. I now have something to investigate. I've disassembled this thing partially once before, when I wanted to clean the dust out as thoroughly as possible. Sounds like I may need to go a bit further. And if the capacitors are bad, is that just "wait until the computer...
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- Post #3
- Oct 13, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Laptop mysteriously shuts off (while idle or nearly so)

Hi, I've got a mysterious little problem here. My laptop recently has begun to shut itself off, suddenly (not shut down, just immediately power off). After a couple of seconds, it powers back on and starts to boot up-- at which point it is liable to power off again. If I hit the power switch...
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- Oct 13, 2014
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Laptops
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Japanese headset on a US laptop (mic woes)

[[[EDIT: I would delete this post but I dunno how (or even if I can). I solved my own problem simply by updating my existing sound driver with the standard SigmaTel driver on the Dell support site for my system.]]] Hiya, I bought a Buffalo headset (part BSHSH03, specs linked here...
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- Jan 30, 2010
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Headsets and Headphones
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WinXP Profile hangs at "personal settings" at login

Hello, I've got a machine here running multiple profiles. I was running 3: administrator, and 2 user profiles. For several months everything worked fine, but in the last week one of the profiles developed a problem. When the user tries to log in, the login sticks at "loading personal...
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- May 16, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Help with FSB settings

Also, something I didn't mention: My heatsink/fan sounds like it's on its last leg. It makes a dreadful humming noise while it's on. I bought a Gigabyte Cooler Pro PCU21-VG hs/fan combo to replace it awhile back. I installed it last night, and the computer wouldn't boot at all -- I'd get a...
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- Post #2
- Oct 4, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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Help with FSB settings

Hi, First, the specs: Epox EP-8RDA3+ mobo Athlon XP 3000+ cpu 3 sticks of RAM, totalling 1042MB: GeIL Golden Dragon 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) GeIL Value Series 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) I bought the third stick of RAM a couple of years ago...
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- Oct 4, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Flash 8.0.24.0 sound problems?

Anybody having troubles with, or heard of problems with the new Flash 8.0.24.0? Since I installed it on this PC (at least, I *think* that's when the problems started), I haven't been able to hear sound on flash movies. Things like homestarrunner.com are OK, but flash videos that you find on...
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- May 16, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Windows
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Connection works fine but cannot ping in command prompt?

Sorry, I guess I should have mentioned that. This only affects his system, everyone else is working fine. Three out of four people living in our dorm apartment are fine, and I know other people on campus have no troubles, either. He had these problems last year too (in a different room), and...
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- Post #4
- Aug 22, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Connection works fine but cannot ping in command prompt?

A friend of mine is having strange network problems. He's got a Dell Inspiron 8500, purchased in 2003. It has a Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller in it, running the most current drivers available on Dell's support site. When you open a command prompt and try to ping any website...
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- Aug 21, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Networking
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Funky XP startup error

Running WinXP service pack 2, latest updates installed. AMD Athlon XP 2100+ Epox 8RDA3+ Nvidia Nforce 2 mobo Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4200 80Gb hard disk If there's any more relevant system info I should provide, lemme know what it is. Lately, I've been having this problem. Sometimes, when...
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- Jul 7, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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CPU Temp TOO HIGH! P4

Believe it or not, that could be your problem. You want to apply a rather thin layer of paste -- just enough to cover the area. The initial contact between the heatsink and the proc is the most important, as the purpose of the heat-conducting thermal grease is to fill in the microscopic...
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- Post #36
- Dec 3, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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