laptop starting up and cutting out/going off

jayo11

Hi iv just installed visat on a new hard drive on my compaq presario cq60 but when i start it up it just cuts out on.i any help would be appreciated.thanks

blindsider

On start up, hit F8 for Safe Mode - remove Vista.

Otehrwise, take it to a repair shop.

jayo11

Thanks for that reply but i reseated the ram and i think its ok now. you didnt really offer much help like i could of brought to repair shop i didnt need to be told.Im looking for a solution and some help on here.thanks for your reply all the same.

blindsider

Well, in 3 hours, it was the only reply you got - and I don't see people queueing up to help now either.

My reply was brief and to the point - if you wanted more, you could try typing proper sentences and providing more information e.g. make/model of Drive, how much RAM etc etc.

jayo11

ok so you told me to uninstall vista and bring to repair shop.very good ha.dont give up your day job.

stevek93

blindsider wrote: »

Well, in 3 hours, it was the only reply you got - and I don't see people queueing up to help now either.

My reply was brief and to the point - if you wanted more, you could try typing proper sentences and providing more information e.g. make/model of Drive, how much RAM etc etc.

Some woke up on the wrong side of the bed no need to be so rude.

blindsider

stevek93 wrote: »

Some woke up on the wrong side of the bed no need to be so rude.

Thanks for that reply but i reseated the ram and i think its ok now. you didnt really offer much help like i could of brought to repair shop i didnt need to be told.Im looking for a solution and some help on here.thanks for your reply all the same.


Me? Rude?

200motels

What O/S did you have on the Laptop previously? How much RAM is on-board? How old is laptop? Vista is not a good O/S.

jayo11

it had vista previously and the hard drive broke so i got a new hard drive and installed vista on it.When i was installing the os on the new hard drive the laptop would keep shutting down on me!! just cutting off like so i removed a gig of ram and it worked fine so when it finished installing and updating i put the ram back and the laptop worked fine.I done a mem test using memtest86 and the ram is fine! does anyone know why this happened im curious more than anything?

compaq presario cq60 with vista and 3 gig ram...

Thanks for replies.

200motels

Is it working now? Or is it still shutting down?

bonzodog2

I put XP onto a HP G60 (very similar I beleive) a while back, and defluffed it (needs complete disassembly). It still gets hot and shuts down if used in a warm room. The graphics chip cooling is poorly designed on these, there are copper shims you can get on ebay for a couple of bucks to replace the pad between the GFX chip and the heat sink which will improve matters.

Look for CoreTemp and GPU-Z to monitor temp of cpu and GFX chip.

Allyall

Try Cleaning both sticks of Ram with Alcohol (Pure) - You can pick it up at a hardware store, or a Chemist.

jayo11

Thanks for the replies ..yeh working fine now.they do heat up very quickly maybe the ram was too hot?