Dell Laptop Keeps Powering Off After Two Minutes

#1 TheCoff

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Posted 13 November 2012 - 04:32 AM

My laptop has been working fine for the past two years and even last night it was working perfectly. i turned it on about an hour ago and within 5 minutes it had powered off completely. I turned it on again and it did the same thing. I tried to go through safe mode but it froze. i tried to press f2 to get to all the system things and it powered off after 2-3 minutes. I don't know what to do, I'm not exactly tech savvy! If anyone could help me I'd really appreciate it!!

#2 TheCoff

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Posted 13 November 2012 - 05:17 AM

Spoken to dell on the phone and they said that it is a problem with the motherboard =/ apparently it will cost me £250 to get it all fixed! Thats not an option.

#3 A41202813

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Posted 13 November 2012 - 05:59 AM

@TheCoff

Is The Sound Of The Fans Unusually Loud Before Powering Down ?

If The Answer Is YES, Maybe The CPU Is Too Hot And The Machine Kills Itself To Prevent Damage.

You Can:

A - Check Your Task Manager To See If Any Task Is Consuming Too Much Resources,

B - Use A Free Diagnostics Tool To Confirm Temperatures In All Your Machine Components.

I Believe If It Was A Case Of BSOD, The Machine Would Reboot Itself, Not Power Down.

Good Luck.