HP Pavilion Notebook PC shuts down without warning

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• Laptop shuts down without warning

  Hello

  I have a laptop - HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15-b000ej with Windows 8.

  Recently, she stops without warning, but only when working on the battery. Although I guess the battery is old and I need to get a new - I don't understand, is why the laptop stops instead of going to hibernation. I checked the power settings. It is supposed to never closed, but go into hibernation, but it never does.

  So is it the battery or something else?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  I would like to know some information about the problem so that we can help you better.

  You made any hardware or software changes on your computer before the show?

  Thank you for details on the question and your efforts to resolve.

  I also know that the inconvenience that you are experiencing due to shutdown of Windows problem. I will definitely help you.

  This problem may occur because of corrupted or incorrect power settings.

  I would suggest trying the following methods and check if it helps.

  Method 1:
  Run Troubleshooter of power and control. Please follow these steps:

  a. press Windows + C keys together, and then click Search.
  b. type Troubleshooting in the search box and click on it in the search results.
  c. click on "display all" and then click "Power".
  d. click on 'Next' and follow the on-screen instructions.

  If this does not help, use method 2.

  Method 2:
  Please see suggestions of Kate Li and marked as answer kelvin_hsu, Microsoft of contingent personnel, Moderator on January 27, 2014.
  https://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/Windows/en-us/3149cdae-21ee-4B2A-9321-5d4841e1c24b/Windows-shuts-down-instead-of-hibernation?Forum=w8itprogeneral

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thank you

• My computer shuts down without warning while I play games

  while I play games I see down in the system tray that the internet was disconnected and the few seconds my computer shuts down.

  so when I turn it back on it gives me a minute before he does again.

  again once it does only when I'm playing games and he did not do it now when I play, but after 10 minutes it starts.

  Hello

  Could be heat related - try using a small fan to blow into the air intakes to see if that helps.
  It is just like it loses power or stop it in the normal way?

  Remove ALL power and reinstall all the memory cards and cables (both ends where possible).
  in fact, remove and replace - don't do not just tight. Remove the dust bunnies and clean the
  air vents. Check that fans are working (before and after opening the case). When your laptop on all the
  You can do is to reinstall the memory and clean the vents (still may try to add a small fan as a
  test).

  This sounds like material so if the above does not help you then probably need help
  a real computer store (not the leeks and the glances at a Best Buy or other stores) or the
  Support of system Maker.

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  Check with these utilities to see if information may be collected: run BlueScreenView
  to see if there were any BlueScreens and verify in MyEventViewer at shutdown
  (or a few seconds before) See the event log contains useful information.

  It is an excellent tool for displaying the blue screen error information

  -Free - BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during "blue screen of death," collisions
  and displays information about all accidents of a table.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/blue_screen_view.html

  -------------

  MyEventViewer can be verified at the time of the blue screen (BSOD) or event within a second
  or time of the BSOD or event to provide more information about the possible cause - see TIP.

  MyEventViewer - free - a simple alternative in the standard Windows Event Viewer.
  TIP - Options - Advanced filter allows you to see a period of time instead of the whole of the record-
  Set it a bit before and after the time of the event or BSOD.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/my_event_viewer.html

  ------------

  AppCrashView - free - a small utility for Windows Vista and Windows 7 which shows details
  application of all accidents occurred in your system. The information breaks down is extracted from the
  .WER files created by the Windows Error Reporting (WER) of the operating system component of each
  time that an accident has occurred. AppCrashView also allows you to easily record the list of accidents to
  text/html/csv/xml file.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/app_crash_view.html

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  Also do this so you can see the probable bluescreens. (You may or may not be able to see
  them if they occur even after doing this according to the cause.)

  Windows Vista restarts automatically if your computer encounters an error that requires him to plant.
  (also Windows 7)
  http://www.winvistatips.com/disable-automatic-restart-T84.html

  =========================================

  What antivirus/antispyware/security products do you have on the machine? Be one you have NEVER
  on this machine, including those you have uninstalled (they leave leftovers behind which can cause
  strange problems).

  I hope this helps.

• Satellite 1800 shuts down without warning

  Hello

  I have a toshiba satellite 1800, which I use for 6 months and it started to turn at random. I can't seem to find the problem I tried the new ram, but it turns out always. I even tried to reinstall windows XP home, but when I do, it happens to the part of the installation when it just loaded the drivers and at the beginning, before choosing options it turns off. The last thing on the screen when you try is when it says loading windows. He should ask me if I want to install windows or repair an existing installation, but just, it turns off. There only SP1 installed when I try to install SP2 goes out at halfway.

  This is starting to get boring. Sometimes very randomly. I can surf the web and watch video clips and listen to music for several days before that happens again and it will be then 6-7 boots before I can enter windows turns off everything as she gets into windows. Sometimes turns off before the desktop appears and a few times when all the icons. It is very random.

  Any ideas?

  Kind regards

  Paul

  Hello

  In my opinion if the warranty is valid you shouldn't do all experiences and should ask the service partner Toshiba guy in control of the aircraft. You should know that if you open Notepad, you will lose the warranty!

• Lenovo 3000 N100 shuts down without warning

  My Lenovo 3000 N100 has begun to turn off unexpectedly when you are connected to the power adapter.  It turns out if I turn back on, but in a few minutes turns off again.  Any ideas?  Thank you

  Thanks for this suggestion.  After much research in these forums, I found a post that says that they have disconnected their computer, removed the battery, then pressed the button of power 15 times for 30 seconds on the last time.  I thought that it could not do wrong so I tried.  It worked!  I am able to stay under tension with my power adapter as long as I want now.  I ordered a new battery and will not leave it a non-use of the original.

• Satellite M70-193 is shut down without reason

  Hello

  I bought M70 - 193 in September 2006. There is no problem up to now. Since last week I have this weird problem, my laptop is shut down without any reason.

  At first, he was shut down when I played in the game. But today, it shuts down every time. I tried to do something, and everything I've done is that there is a connect Toshiba power saver: an error code 0 x 0.

  Someone help me, please

  Hello

  In my opinion your laptop must certainly have reason to turn off. According to the description of your problem my first property thereon is overheating. No one can say with certainty what is happening with your laptop here in the forum, but if you use your laptop in an intensive way, it is possible that the fan in the lower draw more than dust and now the dust blocks, cooling system. If you use your laptop on your lap cooling fan is blocked and material cannot be cooled properly.

  Usually when the material temperature is too high, laptop turns off simply without any warning. Initially, try putting the laptop to the upper post (four books) to be sure that your laptop can take a deep breath and just see if laptop will run a bit more as before.

  Anyway, it is not a solution and I think you should clean up your beautiful Satellite M70. Standby power is another issue and we can discuss it later. ;)

• HP Pavilion dv5237cl Notebook intermittently Shuts Down Due to a thermal event, fan stops working

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  Windows XP SP3 32 bit

  PCMCIA SATA card

  1 TB WD Scorpio blue HARD drive

  Computer laptop with 200mm fan cooling pad

  Some USB devices

  Latest drivers and BIOS

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  For the last year my HP Pavilion dv5237cl turned off because of the fan does not work.  I have never seen the term "Thermal event" displayed prior to or on restart.  Usually just abruptly, he died.   I also saw a few BSOD that are not very descriptive to pointing to what the cause was and may be not related.  The laptop usually just stops working and goes out, maybe once every couple of days if it is caught in time.  I HAV been using a Defragmenter memory to help as appropriate the BSOD were due to low memory resources.  I am tracking the temperature of the CPU and have noticed that it is high, when the fan is not working.  I saw up to 85 C and I'm not sure but think that the laptop stops at 100 ° C.  The fan is usually always go at least to a low hum.  Usually, on startup, I get a strong burst of activity fan and if this isn't the case I'm clued in to a fan, not to exploit the condition.

  If I take a PIN regularly and carefully stitch it through the opening in the fan and cause rotate the blades of the fan, the fan will usually start working.  It sometimes takes a few tries.  I noticed the fan poll as it is sometimes wobbling and resembling a noise of ball bearing, but I think it is also maybe a hinged fan.  Some hopping may be due to the time that I used the pin code.  Fan usually settled in a low purr and lately with some ball light bering sound, maybe just wobble.  If I'm not there when the fan stops working or do not notice to try to remedy with a PIN, then the laptop stops due to excessive heat.

  Things I've tried or thought of trying:

  -J' I used canned and out air / blow accumulated debri from inside the vacuum cleaner to suck up and cleaned the vents.

  -J' I add the cooler that keeps time less around 5 c.  The laptop temperature was 55 to 62 C this winter.

  -Install the latest drivers and BIOS.

  -Tried to use Windows 8.

  -J' bought a replacement fan but did not want to disassemble the laptop to install it and also not be

  not know if it is really a material fan or a control sensor or other hardware problem or software problem.

  Thanks in advance.  Help to solve this problem would be appreciated.

  I understand that your laptop stops due to overheating.

  Given the behavior and how the fan no longer works and must be "started" once again, this does not sound like a fan failure.  Page 5-60 of this guide details the process of replacing the fan and the heatsink in Notepad.  If this is something you'd rather not do it yourself, you could contact a local PC shop for the fan and the heat sink replaced.

• Qosmio G50 - Windows does not shut down without memory stick inserted

  I have a Qosmio G50 running Windows 7. The pc does not stop unless I have my USB stick inserted. Without the USB, I can tell the pc to stop. Without the inserted stick, the pc will say that it stops and remains on the screen closed for 10-15 minutes and then restart.

  However, as soon as I put the USB into the USB port, the pc will stop within 2 seconds.

  It is not easy to understand the situation and explain why this happens.
  Qosmio G50 is not latest model cell phone, so I can't imagine that this strange question comes on the first day.

  Something like this can be done with the factory settings. The configuration, preinstalled software, background running applications and processes on your Qosmio OS are not known to us is not easy to help you with this.
  Somehow, I think that something running in the background blocks of the system. Unfortunately, I can't say what that would be.

  Check a bit.
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• Tecra A9 shuts down without booting the system again

  Hello, my tecra A9 suddenly while he was in office, it was closed, and he blinked as if it were on standby.
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  When I put the battery, clear more orange blink, but if I press the button, turn on it does not show signs of life.
  I tried to recharge the battery and crossfire is yellowed but does not illuminate. What do I do?
  Help me please

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  Try to start your laptop with AC power only (without battery). If the situation is the same, I'm afraid that there is a serious hardware problem (maybe electronic power).

  Maybe you should contact the service provider allowed in your country and ask for help.

• Win7-64 bit-16 GB - CS5... computer breaks down without warning

  Hi, you're my last hope... maybe I'll find help here.

  Spent a week's vacation already found a bug that makes my PS CS5 fall out of the blue.

  Installed a new fastest WIN 7 graphics, extra RAM, card... no joy.

  Unplug all USB devices more Wacom tablet (intuous 4)... no change.

  Had problems with Adobe online update (not possible)

  Windows unanswered online Diagnostics.

  Sorry for the details below in German - but I'm sure you'll understand.

  Maybe it's a bug for you to see...

  Please look at this mess.

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  Hi A-Conrady,

  Sorry to hear about your problems. Out of the Blues issues are always the hardest to shed light.

  There were questions that come to mind for me when reading over the info:

  He has already worked without this problem in this environment?

  Have you tried to work on a new user admin for awhile?

  PS is installed on the C: drive? How much space you have on this partition?

  Note everything happen immediately prior to the accident?

  Are there additional details about the crash in the Windows Event Viewer?

  You have the 32-bit version of PS CS5 installed? The same thing happens there? I was wondering if it would be 32-bit/64-bit plug-ins associated

  -Dave

• CS3 shutting down without reason

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  In other words, you must update CS3 10.0.1

• P10 shutting down without blue screen all in research of virus or cleaning

  My P10 stops when I scan for the cleaning of the system or viruses. Since I bought the laptop it works absolutely perfect. But 2 days ago, I recognized this work normal such as word, excel, surfing the net and so on, nothing happens, everything works but if I start scan, XP stops. Simply, it turns off as if you unplug circuit! Can someone help me, bad drivers?, false material? I Don t know how to solve the problem! What information do you need?

  Hi Kay,

  This looks like a classic case of overheating. Especially if you notice some increased activity fan just before the laptop closed.

  Try to clean dust and debris from the heatsink to the CPU. You will find a lot of posts in this forum describing the means to do so. My favorite personla is to use a hose of vacuum cleaner against the aspiration air grills.

  It should also, ensuring that the suction air grilles are not blocked and that sufficient air can get into the laptop to cool properly. Are not your laptop on a soft surface or the carpet as this will allow more dust being sucked.

  HTH

• Laptop computer Pavilion: lap top shuts down and re starts randomly after I upgraded windows 10

  It's so boring that I ensured that I learned from reboots after updates are at a standstill but it stops again and re starts random ideas anyone

  Hey @cavvie,

  Unfortunately you can not do this. It will take a clean install of Windows.  Automatic is grayed out and you can not change this, you need to reinstall the operating system. I suggest aclean installof Windows.

  You can use your recovery disks. But you will need to remove all and reinstall Windows.

  Thank you.

• My computer shuts down without asking for confirmation. Any solution to this problem?

  I keep my Dell Lap Top on most of the day. Until 3 weeks ago, I never had this problem. The computer turns off spontaneously at random times during the day.  Any solution to this problem?

  The most common cause to stop suddenly a computer is an overheating problem.  Normally, the fan runs faster the CPU heats up.  If you have noticed that your fan runs fast most of the time, that would be your first clue.  Also, if the fan is not spinning, this can also cause overheating. If the fan runs, the most common cause of overheating is an accumulation of dust inside the computer.  You can download the following freeware program which should indicate how hot your CPU becomes:

  Core Temp: <> http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ >

  If it detects overheating, try blowing compressed air into the vents to loosen and remove dust.

  Suddenly a second cause is problems with the RAM chips in your computer.  Try to run a test on your RAM memory.  Keep in mind that most of the tester memory programs also stress on the CPU, so if overheating is a problem, a RAM test could lead to a stop of overheating as well.

  Windows Memory Diagnostic: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp>

  HTH,
  JW

• My computer shuts down without me touching anything.

  I'll just do something and it will randomly be stopped when I didn't touch anything. Can I do to stop this? I have Vista Home Basic, a processor AMD Athlon, 2.0 GB of Ram. I can't give too many details, but if you want to know something else I'll be sure to respond.

  Hello

  What antivirus/antispyware/security products do you have on the machine? Be one you have NEVER
  on this machine, including those you have uninstalled (they leave leftovers behind which can cause
  strange problems).

  ----------------------------------------------------

  Follow these steps:

  Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Also run CheckDisk, so we cannot exclude as much as possible of the corruption.
  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  After the foregoing:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062
  To see everything that is in charge of startup - wait a few minutes with nothing to do - then right-click
  Taskbar - the Task Manager process - take a look at stored by - Services - this is a quick way
  reference (if you have a small box at the bottom left - show for all users, then check that).

  How to check and change Vista startup programs
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html

  A quick check to see that load method 2 is - using MSCONFIG then put a list of
  those here.
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  Tools that should help you:

  Process Explorer - free - find out which files, key of registry and other objects processes have opened.
  What DLLs they have loaded and more. This exceptionally effective utility will show you even who has
  each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to start automatically when you start your system
  and you log in. Autoruns also shows you the full list of registry and file locations where applications can
  Configure auto-start settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL real-time activity.
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  There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
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  There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
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  Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not. The window
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  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
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  Vista and Windows 7 updated drivers love then here's how update the most important.

  This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

  This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded:

  -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
  For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
  Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

  For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
  Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
  your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on update
  Driver (this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then right-click.
  Uninstall - REBOOT it will refresh the driver stack.

  Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
  with their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

  Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
  Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
  BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - REBOOT after
  each installation.

  Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
  presents itself. This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (sound card drivers
  in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
  necessary.

  Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check
  manually by model.

  Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

  How to install a device driver in Vista Device Manager
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-Device-Manager-install-driver.html

  If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver under Windows
  Updates, that leaves about Windows updates but it will not install the drivers that will be generally
  older and cause problems. If updates offers a new driver and then HIDE it (right click on it), then
  get new manually if you wish.

  How to disable automatic driver Installation in Windows Vista - drivers
  http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606 (WS.10) .aspx

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  If necessary use these to try to troubleshoot the cause:

  MyEventViewer - free - a simple alternative in the standard Windows Event Viewer.
  TIP - Options - Advanced filter allows you to see a period of time instead of the entire file.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/my_event_viewer.html

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  Also this, so you can see the probable bluescreens.

  Windows Vista restarts automatically if your computer encounters an error that requires him to plant.
  http://www.winvistatips.com/disable-automatic-restart-T84.html

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  It is an excellent tool for displaying the blue screen error information

  BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death '.
  hangs and displays information about all accidents of a table - free
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/blue_screen_view.html

  Hope these helps.

  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.