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My Computer is shutting down with no warning, and i have to wait about ten minutes before i can turn it back on??? whats the problem???
For some reason ill be using my inspirion 5100 laptop and it will suddenly shutdown usually when i am running a few programs at once, but nothign that uses more than 40 percent of the computers memory at once..... Does anyone know the cause of a coomputer just shutting down on its own then, having to wait a wihle before turing it back on???
johnallg
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January 12th, 2004 22:00
cazint
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January 13th, 2004 04:00
Yes, the problem is of course heat. And the overheating is most likely caused by either a bad fan, OR dust........yes, dust.
Read the following post:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=139712
good luck.
cazint.
Inspiron 5100, 15.0 SXGA+, P4 2.66GHz
32 MB ATI Radeon 7500
256 MB Ram
30 GB Hard Drive
BIOS version: A26
viper11885
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January 13th, 2004 04:00