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Help with Laptop
Recently my laptop has been freezing up after 20 minutes. I have to turn it off by holding the power button and having to wait 30-45 minutes. But after it turns on same results. If I don't wait 30 minutes to turn on, I hear the fan turn on but no screen display. Some of the other indication I get are the power light is on and the MP light is on. I searched your site and found an old entry. I am asking if there is anything else I can do
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Bibliophage.. It's 20 minutes period. I can move the mouse for 20 min and it freezes.
Then it's overheating - if it's always the same amount of time. (some malware can do it, but not quite like that, and not with that cooldown period)
Try blowing a can of compressed air into the keyboard area, and the vents around the bottom, side, and back.
Try blowing a can of compressed air into the keyboard area, and the vents around the bottom, side, and back.
It's REALLY hard to say anything, because I can come up with a large list of things that could be going wrong, from malware/viruses to failing hardware components.
Do you have a temperature monitor utility built into the laptop programs? (some manufacturers have something like this)
Also, is it 20 minutes _period_, or 20 minutes of idle time?
If it's idle time, try shutting off power saving features when the laptop is physically plugged in.