Ok, old wise ones.
About a year or so ago I posted a problem about my now 4 year old HP 4300
series laptop, and the fact that it was taking up to 15 minutes from time I
signed in before I was finally able to do anything and then on many
occasions, it was as if something was running in the
, 2008 4:12 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: [CGUYS] Laptop Shutting Down
Ok, old wise ones.
About a year or so ago I posted a problem about my now 4 year old HP
4300
series laptop, and the fact that it was taking up to 15 minutes from
time I
signed in before I was finally able
Another possibility is that the CPU heat spreader has come loose. Not very
likely, but CPU overheating is the quickest way to initiate a shutdown on
many computers, after throttling the CPU down, which could explain the poor
performance.
BTW, I once had to completely disassemble an older HP
