arrrrrrrrgh.
Oct. 6th, 2009 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enamouredLast night, my laptop suddenly shut off twice. It's done it before due to overheating, but that was a long, long time ago. The first time it shut off, I waited for about five minutes before turning it on, because I had been working on something in Word and I kind of needed to save it.
So after I turned it back on, I logged online and was IMing people... and then it shut off again. And it wouldn't come back on.
It still won't come back on. I plugged the adapter in to it like I usually do since my battery life is abysmal, and... nothing. I'm thinking that it's either due to overheating (which means a drive might've asploded, oh noes), which is very possible because my laptop model (a Dell Inspiron 1100) has been prone to overheating (so sayeth Google after some searching last night and today) or maybe the fan is just gunky. Either way, I'm taking it to the computer center on campus tomorrow to see if they could possibly take a look to figure out what's up and if it can be saved.
I'm hoping it might be able to be fixed with minimum drama. Either way, I am so getting a cooling rack... thing when it gets fixed so this won't happen again.
Ugh. What is it with me and electronics?
So after I turned it back on, I logged online and was IMing people... and then it shut off again. And it wouldn't come back on.
It still won't come back on. I plugged the adapter in to it like I usually do since my battery life is abysmal, and... nothing. I'm thinking that it's either due to overheating (which means a drive might've asploded, oh noes), which is very possible because my laptop model (a Dell Inspiron 1100) has been prone to overheating (so sayeth Google after some searching last night and today) or maybe the fan is just gunky. Either way, I'm taking it to the computer center on campus tomorrow to see if they could possibly take a look to figure out what's up and if it can be saved.
I'm hoping it might be able to be fixed with minimum drama. Either way, I am so getting a cooling rack... thing when it gets fixed so this won't happen again.
Ugh. What is it with me and electronics?
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Date: 2009-10-06 02:01 pm (UTC)It's not overheating so much as it is the power coupling in the comp itself. likely it's worn, or there's a burnt-out wire somewhere. You mention abysmal battery life - if the comp is past a certain age, the battery does need to be replaced. They last about...2-3 years at the best. Mine is a 6-hour that now only runs for 4 and I dread the day I have to shell on a new one (Inspiron E1405 here).
If you're able to access a Geek Squad, have them check out the power coupling.
Much luck!