Old Compaq Shuts Down Randomly

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:26 pm

we have an old compaq laptop, with a 1ghz pentium III in it and a little bit of ram. She'll be using it and it will just shut down. We used to think it was due to heat. so we bought a cooling pad, but it would still occur. It's a compaq presario. Any ideas what might cause it hardware wise. I do not believe it to be software at all.

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:05 am

My HP Pavillion gets really hot and shuts down randomly as well. I did a search and a forum came up where the solution was to update the BIOS. Unfortunantly the updating software on the laptop doesn't work, and I've been too lazy to do it another way.

So maybe check for an updated BIOS?

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:04 pm

maybe but I'll wait until my sister backs all of her stuff up on the pentium 4 desktop I gave her.

Post by **dicecca112** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:13 pm

your a good brother.

Check to make sure that all the vents are clear of dust as well.

wildlaser · Post by **wildlaser** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:58 am

compaqs are poor quality, for sure!