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justinpm1994   10-04-2009 at 09:22:51 PM

i have a laptop and now it just shuts off after about 3 seconds. sometimes i can get to the BIOS menu before it shuts off but i do not have time to check out the settings. does anyone know what could have caused this problem?
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ubernoobie   10-04-2009 at 09:46:53 PM
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overheating, clean the dust out of your heatsink

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justinpm1994   10-04-2009 at 10:39:31 PM
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ubernoobie wrote :

overheating, clean the dust out of your heatsink


but i know its not over heating because the fans are clean and it shows the BIOS screen for a second or 2 then turns off which doesnt give it time to overheat

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warmon6   10-05-2009 at 12:45:08 AM
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Hmmm...... sounds like a failing power supply. Although i have a few questions before i say for sure what is the problem.

1. What is the laptop? (manufacture and model)

2. how old is the laptop.

3. How long has the problem been going on? (today, yesterday, last month)

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jaoreill   10-05-2009 at 06:34:12 PM
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Had an issue like this on a desktop, couldn't figure out why. Then finally realized the power button kept sticking down.

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elasticman   10-05-2009 at 08:42:13 PM
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u COULD have dust on the fins of the heatsink and it wouldnt matter how good the fans are spinning because it disrupts heat dissapation...
check that too


Message edited by elasticman on 10-05-2009 at 08:42:51 PM
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justinpm1994   10-06-2009 at 01:35:47 AM
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well its an Hp Pavillion Ze4805us its probably about 5 years old. and it sometimes wont charge. to get it to charge you have to move tha cable around until it finaly works and then if u move it at all it wont charge.

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justinpm1994   10-07-2009 at 10:37:39 PM
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warmon6 wrote :

Hmmm...... sounds like a failing power supply. Although i have a few questions before i say for sure what is the problem.

1. What is the laptop? (manufacture and model)
Hp Pavilion ze4805us
2. how old is the laptop.
5 or 6 years
3. How long has the problem been going on? (today, yesterday, last month)


it just started about 5 dyas ago although its always had a problem with charging. unless u mess around with the cable and get it set just right it wont charge and thats has kept getting worse over time.

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