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sager 8500v power shuts off on startup

post #1 of 4
10/25/05 at 2:37pm
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hi, when i turn the power on the power will shut off. sometimes ill get past POST. most of the time i dont. this happens with either the batt. or ac adapter or with both. i think it might be the power board but not sure. any way to check that or any other ideas?? thanks. you can email me at snowshuttle@sbcglobal.net
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post #2 of 4
10/26/05 at 2:05am
I have an 8560 with the same or a similar problem. I've noticed that it's related to the CPU &/or MB chipset cooling fans coming on.

What happens for me is the laptop just shuts off. The strange thing is, XP Pro doesn't think the system ahs shut down erratically - normally what should happen is when the OS is booted back up, it should want to run a chkdsk on the hard drive after an erratic/unexpected shutdown. After the shutoffs that I have, the OS boots normally, as if the system was shut down normally.

Another system I have discovered is that when I have a movie DVD in the drive, the laptop doesn't seem to die. Go figure? The only thing I can surmise is that the extra heat produced by the DVD drive keeps the fans on. If the fans stay on, maybe a power surge or whatever is happening when the fan(s) come on is not happening.

If anybody has any suggestions, please post them here.

Thanks.


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post #3 of 4
10/26/05 at 5:49pm
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hi, thanks for the reply. mine wont even boot into windows before it shuts off, once, windows started to load but the power kicked off.i took the comp apart and the power board looked alright. but i noticed there was no more cpu grease
left and the cooling fan&heat sink had some dust balls in it. so im gonna put the comp back together, and clean the heat sink&fan and grease up the cpu and give it a try. ill lrt ya know what happens. thanks
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post #4 of 4
10/27/05 at 8:07pm
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cpu grease did the trick. backup and runnin fine. thanks for the help
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