pc laptop blues

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my lappy had been turning itself off constantly lately...i have no idea whats going on..especially when i play a game...halfway thru it'll just die...i thought it was over heating but i dont leave it on when i am asleep...so that shudnbe the case i think..what do u guys think is the problem? it lasts longer when im surfing the web normally...but if i have itunes, msn, mozilla running sometime soon itll just turn off...especially when i go on youtube when its buffering...its annoying the crap out of me...whats going on?

Is the fan blowing out warm air? Could be that it's overheating. ORRRRR could be bad RAM. ORRRR could be....

yea its definitely blowing out warm air...if its the ram, what could have happened to it? ive deleted alot of stuff too..ran scans and such...doesnt seem to be helping at all...im just hoping if theres a way to resolve this on my own before handing it over to the shop or something...its a hassle to do that too...any suggestions?

If its an XP, you should have the restore feature that will restore the lappy from a few weeks ago. I've had some issues with my lappy before and that has resolved them.

Start > all programs > accessories > system tools > system restore

yea i know abt the system restore thingy..but somehow i dont think it has anything to do with that this time...but i cant be sure...meh ill try it anyway...thanks for the tip tho creta

if the RAM has gone bad (happens all the time), it could be bombing out while trying to load up stuff into RAM, which would explain why it happens when you're buffering.

also, check out the system event log and you should be able to get some valuable troubleshooting info from it.

Originally Posted by: Scotttaylor72also, check out the system event log and you should be able to get some valuable troubleshooting info from it.

how do i do that? thanks...

right click on the "my computer" icon on your desktop and then click on "manage". Then look on the left hand side and click on Event Viewer. From there look at the system log and see what kind of funky stuff is going on. Prolly should do it immediately after it crashes. Then just google whatever errors you're seeing. Should help you at least narrow the problem down.