HP Pavilion zd8000 powers itself off after a few minutes of being on
Hi Everyone,
I wish to help a friend with a power issue going on with his notebook. The machine is an HP Pavilion zd8000 running Windows XP SP2. Basically, this machine shuts itself off after about 10 minutes of being on. The power button has to be pressed again to start it back u p.
Of possible merit, I do want to mention some observations made when I first powered this notebook on. The machine did beep 2 times and gave the following information. Intel 4, 3.2 GH chip, 511M System RAM Passed, System BIOS shadowed, Video BIOS shadowed, Fixed Disk 0: Toshiba MK8025GAS, ATAPI CDROM RW/DVD. Following these technical statistics, I further noted Error 0271: Check date and time settings... Warning: 0251: System CMOS checksum bad-Default configuration used. Press F1 to resume, F10 to Setup. At any rate, when I pressed F1, none of this happened again on the 2nd and subsequent startups of the notebook. At this point, the only issue is the power shutdown.
In closing, I look forward to reviewing any input given to this post in addition to any possible resourceful links to troubleshooting this issue.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
George
I wish to help a friend with a power issue going on with his notebook. The machine is an HP Pavilion zd8000 running Windows XP SP2. Basically, this machine shuts itself off after about 10 minutes of being on. The power button has to be pressed again to start it back u p.
Of possible merit, I do want to mention some observations made when I first powered this notebook on. The machine did beep 2 times and gave the following information. Intel 4, 3.2 GH chip, 511M System RAM Passed, System BIOS shadowed, Video BIOS shadowed, Fixed Disk 0: Toshiba MK8025GAS, ATAPI CDROM RW/DVD. Following these technical statistics, I further noted Error 0271: Check date and time settings... Warning: 0251: System CMOS checksum bad-Default configuration used. Press F1 to resume, F10 to Setup. At any rate, when I pressed F1, none of this happened again on the 2nd and subsequent startups of the notebook. At this point, the only issue is the power shutdown.
In closing, I look forward to reviewing any input given to this post in addition to any possible resourceful links to troubleshooting this issue.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
George
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Hi There,
Thank you so much for the followups. Regarding the program SpeedFan, could you give me some pointers on using this program to isolate possible overheating issues?
George
Thank you so much for the followups. Regarding the program SpeedFan, could you give me some pointers on using this program to isolate possible overheating issues?
George
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I thaink your battery needs replaced.
All so you need to open the laptop up and blow out the dirt and lint from the Heatsink. Most of the time I see shut downs and restarts it is and overheating issure from dirt and lint.
All so you need to open the laptop up and blow out the dirt and lint from the Heatsink. Most of the time I see shut downs and restarts it is and overheating issure from dirt and lint.
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for the insightful feedback given to this post. While I have not gotten back on this laptop problem yet, I am confident I will be able to resolved the issue now using the information and resourceful links given. If I should have further questions or concerns, I will post though.
Many thanks once again for the great feedback given here. It is certainly always appreciated and always proves fruitful in resolving my issues.
George
Thanks so much for the insightful feedback given to this post. While I have not gotten back on this laptop problem yet, I am confident I will be able to resolved the issue now using the information and resourceful links given. If I should have further questions or concerns, I will post though.
Many thanks once again for the great feedback given here. It is certainly always appreciated and always proves fruitful in resolving my issues.
George
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Thank you so much for your suggestions. It is interesting you pointed out the possible overheating causing the shutdown issue because I did notice my friend had a Targlis Notebook Chillhub in his laptop case. From what it appears, this is a base plate for the laptop and has its own two fans which helps keep the notebook cool. Apparently, my friend has been experiencing this issue for some time now.
With respect to your proposed solution to disassemble the laptop to gain access to the fans and the heat sink, could you provide a direct multimedia link illustrating the steps for doing this? Since I am mostly a visual type of learner, I believe an interactive audio/video clip showing the steps will prove more fruitful as opposed to article. However, if you want to also provide a direct internet address or URL which outlines the steps, that will be fine too.
In closing, thank you so much in advance for your help and guidance in resolving this issue.
George