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Problems with my 5720 Help Please!

post #1 of 4
6/27/06 at 8:19pm
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I got my 5720 about 6 months ago. If system specs are necessary in helping me lemme know and I'll lay them out. Anyways, starting about a week ago, the machine would randomly restart itself. The first time it happened, I didn't think much of it, I figured it wouldn't happen again. It was fine for a few days, until it did it again. This day it happened twice. The problem has gotten proggressively worst over the past week. About 15 minutes ago, it shut itself off and didn't turn itself back on. When I power it up, the three "lock" (scroll lock, num lock and caps lock) readouts on the digital display flash and the machine makes a beeping noise in correlation with their flashing. After getting past the Sager screen and then Windows startup screen, I am able to choose a user and log in. About 5 seconds into the desktop loading, the machine switches off. I've tried 4 or 5 times to the same end. For obvious reasons, this sucks. Anyone have any idea what's up, or have you experienced problems yourselves? Thanks a lot for any help.
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post #2 of 4
6/28/06 at 10:26pm
Well i suppose the first question is - Have you ever cleaned the dust out of it? If not it is probably overheating.
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post #3 of 4
7/3/06 at 6:05pm
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No I have never cleaned the dust out of it. I need to for sure, I bet this is the problem as often it does get very hot. What's the best way to go about doing this? I'm not real hardware literate and I don't want to break anything if I have to actually open it up.
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post #4 of 4
7/5/06 at 6:34am
You need to get a can of compressed air and blast it into the exhaust vents of your notebook. This will blow most of the dust back out the way it came in (through the fan).

Most electrical/components retailers sell these.
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