[SOLVED] Gateway laptop shuts down after booting

noel2458 · 07-04-2011, 09:18 PM

My gateway laptop shuts down either imediately after booting, or while I'm online, usually within the first 5 minutes. I have a laptop cooler and aim
a fan at the laptop while using it. Could it be the hard drive? Is there any way of knowing before I buy a new hard drive?

TobiSGD · 07-04-2011, 09:22 PM

Have you tried to clean the cooling system? A fan pointed to the laptop will bring next to nothing if the cooling system is full of dust.

16pide · 07-05-2011, 07:48 AM

- use this in a terminal window to see if the system is over heating:

Code:

watch -d -n 20 acpitool

- monitor the content of /var/log/messages for any message seconds before crashing

- try booting from a live CD to see if the problem is also there

frankbell · 07-05-2011, 08:55 PM

Are the internal fans working? Can you feel air blowing out the vents?

noel2458 · 07-09-2011, 05:43 PM

Thank you all for your help. Using your suggestions I was able
to fix the laptop. I'm using it to post this reply.

TobiSGD · 07-09-2011, 05:44 PM

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