WHY?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If my charger falls out the computer dies straight away. Like before I'd have about a half an hour and then it would turn off. That was annoying, but I could live with it.

 

I knock out my charger so frequently, I won't be able to live like this people!

 

 

 

 

/OVERDRAMATIC.

have you made sure the battery is in correctly.

have you tried unplugging from the socket and plugging back in. might just be overheated.

It has been really hot (like MC Hammer, can't touch this kind of hot) lately and running loudly.

Any tips for that by any chance?

 

 

I use my laptop a load D:

I know its expensive, but get your laptop one of [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Laptop-Cooling-Capacity-F5L001erBLK/dp/B001HNOLBI/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1329695946&sr=1-3]these[/ame].

Make sure you have a back up charger too, in case that one breaks. It shouldn't be overheating.

also, back up your laptop, in case it messes up.

I'm already on my back up charger :uhoh: so that's not good.

Oh I'd much rather pay the €20 or so for that then having my laptop fuck up even more (and then paying €600 for a new one)

I have a large external hard drive somewhere, I'll put my stuff on to that asap.

 

 

Thank you for your help :nice:

thats alright. I'm sorry I'm not much help.

Your battery might just be dead and needs to be replaced. My old laptop did the exact same thing.

EmmaLouiseSmyth, you should probably get a replacement charger and battery. Not only does it sound like your battery is on the verge of death, it sounds like you're charger isn't doing its job either.

 

All batteries have a life span to them and none last forever, but you can make them last longer if you treat them nice. Real nice. It sounds like you've treated yours like a ho.

 

It will cost around $150 for both or 10 gold coins or whatever the hell you Irish people use to barter goods with.

 

But yeah. New battery/charger. Do it.

do you have a dell laptop? this happened to me with my old dell

do you have a dell laptop? this happened to me with my old dell

 

The laptop itself has little to do with this. It's a battery issue. She's just fried her battery.

i didn't fry my battery. my power cable was broken

i didn't fry my battery. my power cable was broken

 

Yeah that's what I'm trying to say, it won't have much to do with the maker of her laptop. It's a charger/battery issue.

>> sounds like a messed up battery to me too, and allowing more cooling space is a good option, so I am told by a computer expert.. they often don't leave enough room between the bottom of a "laptop" and the surface onto which it sits, so they often overheat, and the heat must wear out the batteries sooner too I would imagine. <<

maybe get some bigger computer feet to put onto the bottom too, so it sits higher off the table/surface and can cool better?

If you're feeling like a real scumbag you can use old bottle lids to raise it off the surface a bit.

 

Real ghetto.

It needs seeing to, either the battery needs to be replaced, the charger needs to be replaced or both.

 

If you're using it on a flat surface and it's overheating, propping it up off the table like suggested above may help

The battery is actually new, well relatively. My last battery one fucked up as well, but compared to this one not as bad at all. Tbh, I would love if this new battery was like my old one -__-

I might just have the old one lying around the place. I could put it back in.

 

 

That's what's really pissing me off. It is a new battery and charger, like come on!

 

 

 

And no it isn't a Dell, it's a Compaq. I would say the model but I'm currently in college and not on it.

That lifting off the surface sounds like a good idea.

I use it mainly on my lap or on the arm rest of a leather sofa... that can't be great for it.

 

 

I will try that later!

 

 

 

Also thank you guys for the help! :hug:

Mine used to get hot rather quickly when placed in my lap :P you are right

Sounds more like the battery than the charger. Could be wrong though.

 

I'd definately get a usb driven fan cooling base for it though. Worst thing for a laptop is overheating, and a sofa arm or seat is the laptop equivalent of a sauna.

I bought an new battery online, it cost €50 but hopefully it will be worth it. My laptop is currently resting in a way that there is air underneath it.

WHY?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If my charger falls out the computer dies straight away. Like before I'd have about a half an hour and then it would turn off. That was annoying, but I could live with it.

 

I knock out my charger so frequently, I won't be able to live like this people!

 

 

 

 

/OVERDRAMATIC.

 

 

 

 

lol try buying a new one

:lol: your battery is messed up ahahaha

 

Usually you can use your laptop w/o the battery so if that was the case, the battery would have a big red "X" but the case if your PC detects the battery but regonizes it's not charging.

 

Try blowing on the gold pins/strips on the PC and the battery and try plugging it back.

oh yeah, got a new battery.

 

My computer is still super hot though D: so looking into getting one of those fancy pancy cooling things.

^ if its still hot, you really need the cooling pad, and remember to back it up too, just in case. also, be careful when you have it on your lap. my old laptop burnt my skin badly when it was overheating.

shit, backing up. I'll do that when I go home.

 

 

The funny thing is, I'm in college so much and on their computers that I don't even use my laptop as much as I use to.