My Gateway laptop shuts down randomly. Any help?[views:2620][posts:28]__________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:47am - reimroc ""] It ONLY happens when I'm watching videos on the interwebs(weird i know). If I'm just browsing the internet or doing anything else it doesn't shut down. Anyone have any ideas why it likes to do this? |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:48am - the_reverend ""] windows.... |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:50am - porphyria ""] videocard/cpu overheat? |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:52am - largefreakatzero ""] It's your system32 folder. Delete it. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:53am - arilliusbm ""] what kind of videos? Flash-related? Also, it's fine when you're running a video from the HD? |
| __________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:53am - reimroc ""] no, no i won't do that hahah |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:55am - arilliusbm ""] get the latest videocard drivers and download and install the newest firefox or flash |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 10:59am - arktouros ""] arilliusbm said:get the latest videocard drivers and download and install the newest firefox or flash |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:04am - arilliusbm ""] ...or just take my voodoo3. Works fine. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:20am - Slagadoccio ""] Which was the voodoo with the two cards that you strapped together to make one uber card... was that the voodoo3? that thing was terrible. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:26am - the_reverend ""] this is a lappy. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:26am - arilliusbm ""] Hmmm. I can't remember. I actually never had a voodoo card- arktouros likes to think otherwise though |
| _____________________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:30am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] What OS are you running? Is it bluescreening and rebooting or just rebooting? Uncheck automatically restart on system failure so you can see if there's a bluescreen message. Then you'll know if it's hardware or software causing the issue. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:36am - arktouros ""] aril's card [img] aril's turok benchmark - LOOK AT THOSE NUMBAS KHED [img] |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:38am - Slagadoccio ""] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:48am - arilliusbm ""] I prefer software rendering. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:52am - reimroc ""] menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:What OS are you running? Is it bluescreening and rebooting or just rebooting? Uncheck automatically restart on system failure so you can see if there's a bluescreen message. Then you'll know if it's hardware or software causing the issue. not not bluescreening and it doesn't reboot it shuts down. i just tried changing my power plan from balanced to high performance and it didn't shut down although it has in the past while watching videos on high performance. |
| _____________________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:54am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Overheating? Blow some compressed air in any vents you can find for starters. Maybe there's some dust in the HSF. Next step would be opening it up and doing the same if possible. Maybe the heatsink is coming loose too, or needs some new thermal paste. Gateway's are pieces of shit and their company is a joke. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:57am - arktouros ""] arilliusbm said:I prefer software rendering. wow, i think i just got owned |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:58am - arilliusbm ""] nothing says reality like a bunch o blocks and pixels |
| ______________________________ [Dec 22,2009 11:59am - pam ""] kick it. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 12:13pm - Slagadoccio ""] I just sold my pc with the nvidia 99000GTO XOXO and bought this instead [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 12:20pm - arktouros ""] haha, internet wins |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 1:03pm - metal_church101 ""] Delete the windows registry. That'll fix it. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 1:08pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Overheating? Blow some compressed air in any vents you can find for starters. Plus you can huff that shit and get a killer buzz. [img] Also try spraying some WD40 in your RAM slots - it lubricates the data so it gets to your processor faster. (Assuming you've already done the system32 thing, of course.) |
| _________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 1:13pm - reimroc ""] lol i didn't hear that troll before DYA about the WD40. i'm going to use that one. |
| ________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 1:32pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] ITT: SOUND ADVICE |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 1:32pm - metal_church101 ""] Try upgrading the drivers for the power supply. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Dec 22,2009 3:29pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Dump a glass of ants into all the fans. Then take off your pants and smear soggy oats into your chest hair and press all the fucntion keys on the keyboard at once. |