Keeps Shutting down!!!

haveabadday

Hi friends, have this sony PCG FX501 laptop!! think quite old! but blxxxx thing keeps just shutting down for no reason! All I get is a black screen! or sometimes a Blue screen with message, but goes off quickly so cant read it!! I have scanned whole thing, nothing found, have up=to-date virus and spyware protection! ect, dont know where else to look!! maybe drivers need updating! but I am not sure how to do that! Any help please.. or should I just Bin it!!!:o

Alanstrainor

I'm presuming it's plugged in when it dies and it's not just a flat battery?
Is the laptop running XP?

kaimera

overheating?

Overheal

kaimera wrote: »

overheating?

thats what I thought, but not for a BSOD

haveabadday

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'm presuming it's plugged in when it dies and it's not just a flat battery?
Is the laptop running XP?

Hi there, Yes, laptop plugged in, when dies!!

haveabadday

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'm presuming it's plugged in when it dies and it's not just a flat battery?
Is the laptop running XP?

Hi yes, plugged in,, running XP.... just done it again.. about 5th time today!! recking my head... thankgod I have this one. :rolleyes:

haveabadday

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'm presuming it's plugged in when it dies and it's not just a flat battery?
Is the laptop running XP?

Yes, plugged in,, nearly all day! battery wont hold charge.. just did it again!! pain..yes XP. :rolleyes:

TheBigRedDog

Well if u feel like chucking it I'll take it off your hands no problem! PM Me!:D

I don't think its a problem with your computer though. Could it be a setting thats wrong? Did you try all the power settings like what to do when idle for x minutes? Any one of them could be set to shut off.

But if it happens randomly during use I have no idea what could cause it?! Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) is usually, as it sounds, a very bad thing! I got it once because I plugged the wrong power pack in but quickly sorted that one out!

Good luck! Cliff

haveabadday

TheBigRedDog wrote: »

Well if u feel like chucking it I'll take it off your hands no problem! PM Me!:D

I don't think its a problem with your computer though. Could it be a setting thats wrong? Did you try all the power settings like what to do when idle for x minutes? Any one of them could be set to shut off.

But if it happens randomly during use I have no idea what could cause it?! Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) is usually, as it sounds, a very bad thing! I got it once because I plugged the wrong power pack in but quickly sorted that one out!

Good luck! Cliff

Thanks Cliff, I checked them settings this morning, have set never shut off!! an screensaver set to come on after so many minutes,, I dont know what BSOD means, as I said, It goes off the screen sooo quickly cant read what it says.. then I have to switch it all off again, and restart it.. maybe should get professional to look at it. Thanks Again.:rolleyes:

TheBigRedDog

haveabadday wrote: »

It goes off the screen sooo quickly cant read what it says.. then I have to switch it all off again, and restart it.

So It doesn't actually turn off? Thats a system problem I think? Try a system restore to roll back all the settings to a date where everything worked. Google a how to, It should be pretty straightforward.

haveabadday

Hi TheBigredDog,,
I tried System restore last night.. but it wouldnt let me!! tried it twice. No luck..

Kavkid

Have you installed SP3 for XP? I know that has been causing some problems with people.