Re: Laptop keeps crashing
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:30:49 -0500
Overheating perhaps?
When was the last time you cleaned your vents, or opened her up and took a
look at the heat sink/fans?
"Nathan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My laptop keeps shutting down, it seems to run longer
> when i leave the laptop switched off 4 a while. I have
> reformatted my hard drive, reinstalled "Windows XP SP2",
> and scanned my computer with "Norton Anti Virus 2004".
> and non of these have fixed the problem. can some1 please
> help me fix this problem.
> .
>
>
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