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Laptop shuts down and reboot when loading system

I received an Acer laptop of a friend and I try to fix it, but I'm out of inspiration. When the laptop boots and loads its OS (Windows 7) the laptop shuts down and reboots automatically, but doing ...
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Windows incompletely shuts down after heavy use

My HP Pavilion 15 Laptop (came with Windows 8 and upgraded to 8.1 and now on Insider Preview) has a Shutdown problem. It'll shutdown completely without any issue if it used for a short while. But ...
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Shutdown seems to freeze my cpu on dell latitude e7470 under linux

I bought a Dell Latitude e7470 recently. I immediately removed the preinstalled Windows 10, and installed Arch Linux. It works fine, except for one thing: On shutdown or reboot, at the point where ...
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Laptop doesn't shut down completely / goes to sleep. Reboot, however, works as intended.

My my machine is Lenovo Z580a laptop. My problems is that when i shut down my laptop (using Start > Power > Shut Down) i first get spinning windows circle, then screen goes black like it normally ...
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does overheating laptop means something was already damaged in the hardware?

Excuse my ignorance, but I am just not familiar with these stuff. My first laptop was an HP (it was the model before Pavilion Series) with processor Intel Athlon II, and it was a great experience, it ...
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Laptop shutting down without overheating

I have a 3 years old laptop, and since a while it keeps shutting down after a while without overheating, well that's what i think, the laptop doesn't get warm or whatsoever, also there are no error ...
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Asus laptop random shutdowns - not overheating, strange fan behaviour

I have ASUS N56VV for about 1½ years. In last weeks it starts randomly shutting down. I normally work on computer when suddenly fan turn to full speed for about three seconds and then computer ...
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Samsung Series 3 laptop won't shut down?

It's been happening for a couple of days, but my laptop won't shut down or restart, it always says I'll lose work and asks to shut down anyway. Even though I still click shut down, it doesn't. Also,...
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Random Reboot HP dv6t-se

I've got an HP dv6t that's about 4 years old runs Win7 x64 All stock except an SSD installed a few months back. Lately while in use it will shut down without warning. The screen will go black and ...
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SSHD/Windows 10 Forced Shutdown on ASUS Laptop

I have an Asus 501LA that has been quirky since we got it in the summer of 2013. It was one of the early PC/touchscreen units. Aside from a couple glitches I've fixed, it's a decent machine. A few ...
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Shutdown leads to hibernation instead

I've been attempting to shutdown my laptop via Start menu > Power > Shutdown, but for some bizarre reason the laptop goes into hibernation instead. The (very lazy) solution from the laptop ...
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Laptops overheats and shuts off when I play games

I've recently been getting in to playing PC games on my laptop, but unfortunately nearly every time I play, my computer overheats and shuts off after 5-10 minutes. Although I have not checked the ...
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Toshiba Laptop suddenly shuts down when on battery

I'd be grateful if someone coud help me. My Toshiba L845 laptop suddenly shuts down when on low battery. It doesn't hibernate in the usual way it did. It completly powers off, as if someone had pulled ...
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Why does my laptop shut down on its own?

My laptop shuts down. It happened several times so far, and there is a pattern; after I leave it for an hour or so, power saving activates, and then I start using it again for 10 - 15 minutes when ...
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I have a acer laptop that is auto shutting down on me while gaming, its not overheating how can I stop it?

I have opened my laptop up, cleaned it, added new thermal paste, checked the fans to see if they are working, and I have downloaded the Core CPU program to monitor the temp. sometimes I can game all ...

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