[jazzpelli]

This started happening recently. I completely reformed my disk and
reinstaled everything from my disk a while back. Now the computer just shuts
down at any given moment. I first repaired the currently installation then I
reinstalled the windows xp os. I'm using windows xp pro on a Dell Inspirion
5100 laptop. The computer seems to shut down more often when its been on for
a little while and I was told that the inspirions tend to overheat. I
checked the temperature settings and everything appeared okay. Can anyone
give me someway to trouble shoot what may be causing the problem as I have no
clue if its the software or the computer hardware.

[Larry(LJL269)]

Bad 2yr old power supply caused restart on mine.
HTH-Larry

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:17:07 -0700, jazzpelli
<jazzpelli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

|This started happening recently. I completely reformed my disk and
|reinstaled everything from my disk a while back. Now the computer just shuts
|down at any given moment. I first repaired the currently installation then I
|reinstalled the windows xp os. I'm using windows xp pro on a Dell Inspirion
|5100 laptop. The computer seems to shut down more often when its been on for
|a little while and I was told that the inspirions tend to overheat. I
|checked the temperature settings and everything appeared okay. Can anyone
|give me someway to trouble shoot what may be causing the problem as I have no
|clue if its the software or the computer hardware.

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

[KWW]

Has a bad (old) CMOS battery caused such things?

--
KWW

"Larry(LJL269)" <NO@EMAIL.COM> wrote in message
news:r07qa1hh4d09b0e8gl13edka0nonpdkiid@4ax.com...
> Bad 2yr old power supply caused restart on mine.
> HTH-Larry
>
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:17:07 -0700, jazzpelli
> <jazzpelli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> |This started happening recently. I completely reformed my disk and
> |reinstaled everything from my disk a while back. Now the computer just
> shuts
> |down at any given moment. I first repaired the currently installation
> then I
> |reinstalled the windows xp os. I'm using windows xp pro on a Dell
> Inspirion
> |5100 laptop. The computer seems to shut down more often when its been on
> for
> |a little while and I was told that the inspirions tend to overheat. I
> |checked the temperature settings and everything appeared okay. Can
> anyone
> |give me someway to trouble shoot what may be causing the problem as I
> have no
> |clue if its the software or the computer hardware.
>
> Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can
> only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:46:29 -0500, "KWW"
<kwalker@nospamaircooled.net> wrote:

|Has a bad (old) CMOS battery caused such things?
Only battery I know of is for the clock which would
not effect his problem.
..
what is CMOS battery?

Just my 2¢ worth. Larry
Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

[Ken Blake]

In news:iokra19vf5k14hfdonr5frd0rtrtkqpubr@4ax.com,
Larry(LJL269) <NO@EMAIL.COM> typed:

> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:46:29 -0500, "KWW"
> <kwalker@nospamaircooled.net> wrote:
>
>> Has a bad (old) CMOS battery caused such things?
> Only battery I know of is for the clock which would
> not effect his problem.
> .
> what is CMOS battery?


There's not enough quoted here for me to know what his problem
is, but the battery is to maintain the information in the
CMOS/BIOS. The clock setting is part of what's maintained, but
not all of it.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:49:19 -0700, "Ken Blake"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

|There's not enough quoted here for me to know what his problem
|is, but the battery is to maintain the information in the
|CMOS/BIOS. The clock setting is part of what's maintained, but
|not all of it.
Thx Ken. Never heard it called that b4 but I guess
there's gotta be juice to maintain BIOS settings &
possably the BIOS pgm depending on whether they're in
RAM or ROM storage.

Dont see how this coud cause random shutdowns but 1
time this was happening 2 me it was power supply. Good
thing about upgrading is its cheap($20), can be done by
user, never hurts, & might be useable in future PC's
with same type tower. If it is PS, it'll die
eventually.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

[Curmudgeon]

KWW wrote:

> Has a bad (old) CMOS battery caused such things?

Not only "no" but "HELL no!!".

[NoNoBadDog!]

"Larry(LJL269)" <NO@EMAIL.COM> wrote in message
news:60lsa15640pc4g997kfpcjmar3qqp1f3id@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:49:19 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
> |There's not enough quoted here for me to know what his problem
> |is, but the battery is to maintain the information in the
> |CMOS/BIOS. The clock setting is part of what's maintained, but
> |not all of it.
> Thx Ken. Never heard it called that b4 but I guess
> there's gotta be juice to maintain BIOS settings &
> possably the BIOS pgm depending on whether they're in
> RAM or ROM storage.
>
> Dont see how this coud cause random shutdowns but 1
> time this was happening 2 me it was power supply. Good
> thing about upgrading is its cheap($20), can be done by
> user, never hurts, & might be useable in future PC's
> with same type tower. If it is PS, it'll die
> eventually.
>
> Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
> Thanks- bye- Larry
>
> Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can
> only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

Anyone that would trust their computer to a $20 power supply deserves any
grief such stupidity would bring.

Bobby

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:08:53 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
<no_@spam_verizon.net> wrote:

|Anyone that would trust their computer to a $20 power supply deserves any
|grief such stupidity would bring.
Any 1 who buys $100 PS 4 $20 is frugal & good shopper.
I can get u a $100 PS 4 $100 anytime- thats stupidity.

Larry
Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

[NoNoBadDog!]

"Larry(LJL269)" <NO@EMAIL.COM> wrote in message
news:j2lta1dsj83a8sef77c8817467nbfpcb66@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:08:53 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
> <no_@spam_verizon.net> wrote:
>
> |Anyone that would trust their computer to a $20 power supply deserves any
> |grief such stupidity would bring.
> Any 1 who buys $100 PS 4 $20 is frugal & good shopper.
> I can get u a $100 PS 4 $100 anytime- thats stupidity.
>
> Larry
> Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can
> only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

Agreed about the frugality, however your original post made no mention that
it was a $100 PS.

I once knew a man who owned a very expensive limited edition Mercedes...he
put the cheapest gas and the cheapest tires he could find...I just had to
shake my head every time I saw that beautiful car plodding along on a set of
$90 tires...all that wonderful engineering of the suspension shot to heck.
(Mind you, they were $90 full retail, not on sale. They were warranted to
get the vehicle out of the parking lot or 500 feet, whichever came first).

Bobby

[Ken Blake]

In news:60lsa15640pc4g997kfpcjmar3qqp1f3id@4ax.com,
Larry(LJL269) <NO@EMAIL.COM> typed:

> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:49:19 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> There's not enough quoted here for me to know what his problem
>> is, but the battery is to maintain the information in the
>> CMOS/BIOS. The clock setting is part of what's maintained, but
>> not all of it.

> Thx Ken. Never heard it called that b4 but I guess


You're welcome, Larry. Never heard it called CMOS before? CMOS
stands for "Complementary Metallic Oxide Semiconductor" It's the
kind of chip that's used to hold the data.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup


> there's gotta be juice to maintain BIOS settings &
> possably the BIOS pgm depending on whether they're in
> RAM or ROM storage.
>
> Dont see how this coud cause random shutdowns but 1
> time this was happening 2 me it was power supply. Good
> thing about upgrading is its cheap($20), can be done by
> user, never hurts, & might be useable in future PC's
> with same type tower. If it is PS, it'll die
> eventually.
>
> Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
> Thanks- bye- Larry
>
> Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have
> received but
> I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:46:03 -0700, "Ken Blake"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

|You're welcome, Larry. Never heard it called CMOS before? CMOS
|stands for "Complementary Metallic Oxide Semiconductor" It's the
|kind of chip that's used to hold the data.
Seems a misnomer - Complementary means we
didnt pay 4 it! Maybe I'm spending 2 much time in
Vegas :)
BIOS is mostly off my radar because the
documentation of the mobo manufacturer is so poor. For
example, I recently got a game to stop freezing by
enabling AGP fast rights which the documentation says "
turned on to enable and off to disable". Not much
help. I had the use Google to get a good definition.
Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.