Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe
Touchdown! Greaser!
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Ok, I fire up the laptop (Windows XP) - it runs for a few minutes - then (with no help from me) goes into hibernate. Soon as it is down, it restarts. Then hibernates, etc. etc. etc.
Took it to Best Buy - of course it was working OK. But the gal (who actually seemed to know something) changed the power save options as something to try.
Took it home - same stuff.
Back to Best Buy - the guy (seemed like a hack) said I had to re-install the operating system. That was the only thing he could think of...
Nice idea. Back home. It does boot up on the CD, but, goes back into the hibernate / restart mode. How ya gonna reinstall the operating system, eh?
I'm thinking something like the heat sink on the CPU has come adrift? I dunno. I don't hear the fan turning on/off anymore either.
Tried it on battery alone. Battery and power cord. And Power cord with battery removed. No diff that I can see.
Ideas?
(stopping back at Best Buy on the way home again tonight)
(It's covered under their extended warrenty so once I can convince them to take it and fix it, it shouldn't cost me, but, of course it will take a minimum of two weeks to send it out and back...)
Took it to Best Buy - of course it was working OK. But the gal (who actually seemed to know something) changed the power save options as something to try.
Took it home - same stuff.
Back to Best Buy - the guy (seemed like a hack) said I had to re-install the operating system. That was the only thing he could think of...
Nice idea. Back home. It does boot up on the CD, but, goes back into the hibernate / restart mode. How ya gonna reinstall the operating system, eh?
I'm thinking something like the heat sink on the CPU has come adrift? I dunno. I don't hear the fan turning on/off anymore either.
Tried it on battery alone. Battery and power cord. And Power cord with battery removed. No diff that I can see.
Ideas?
(stopping back at Best Buy on the way home again tonight)
(It's covered under their extended warrenty so once I can convince them to take it and fix it, it shouldn't cost me, but, of course it will take a minimum of two weeks to send it out and back...)
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