My laptop has moments when I turn it on, I only hear the fan and and the screen is still completely black after turning it on, and have to turn it off manually [aka the power button]. The fan doesn't stop after a while unlike other cases like this. Sometimes, if I wait a while when it's off and then turn it on again, it works normally. And yes, if you're wondering, the lights do turn on. But when it's having one of those "moments", I turn a light on the laptop, it kind of "freezes" there, so that it can't be turned off. Anyways. Specs, if required: Gateway [Model MT3423] 32-bit Vista Home Premium SP1 AMD Turion 64 x2 TL-56 [1.8 GHz] NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 2 gigs of RAM Worth noting that it is a refurbished laptop, even though it worked well before this happened. Longer than the brand-spankin' new Dell I once had that died within a week due to vid card defect. =|
I live in Florida. 'Nuff said. And yes, my laptop had an issue before by randomly turning itself off, but I fixed it myself by not putting it in the "High performance" option when not needed. So I guess this one is as easily fixable. Hopefully. =[
I've seen them at wal-mart for around 20.00 but i've heard they are not that great, but its a start till you can find something better.
Yea I have a similar issue like you....My laptop last night actually turned off on it's own....This is usually a heat issue.....The top of the laptop could seem less hot, but the actual motherboard is too hot and shuts itself off as a precaution. It's the same thing with your laptop turning "on".....might be a fan issue as well...Try to lower your power options unless you are playing a game of course and need the high performance, but this way your laptop won't be so temperamental. Laptops are too fragile for my taste, I actually have to buy a new battery, it's completely dead, it says (0%) on it. lol So I now constantly have to leave it plugged in. Also make sure your HDD isn't overloaded with junk, and free up as much ram as possible since you have a 2gb running Vista (which is the lowest ram that is suited for Vista)
That's what I do. Lowering the power options and not over-loading my HDD. I use CCleaner at least 2 times a month. Yeah, I don't know if it's due to my laptop being an old model [around 2006, iirc], but the battery drains FAST even while on the lowest power setting. =|
the battery that comes with some laptops are not all that great guess thats why they try to get you to spend 100+ bucks for a new one even more if you want a 9 a cell. My battery gave out on my old laptop so I just left it plugged in since I didn't move it around.
I can tolerate the battery draining, though. But not the "Turning the lappy on and off at least 2~3 times a day in order for it to work properly." =|
