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    Shuts down almost anytime I watch a video

    Discussion in 'HP' started by daddywoofdawg, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. daddywoofdawg

    daddywoofdawg Newbie

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    My Compaq Evo 800c Shuts down almost anytime I watch a video or play a game.I'm computer tech savvy and I'm running XPP.with 1 gig memory and 2gig CPU and 80 gig HDD.any thoughts?
     
    daddywoofdawg, Nov 30, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Its probably overheating since its an old notebook, fans are probably clogged with dust.

    Can you download HWmonitor and monitor the idle and load temps?
     
    flipfire, Nov 30, 2008
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  3. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Check your temperatures. After that, try using different programs with different videos. Could be a faulty program or codec.
     
    gengerald, Nov 30, 2008
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  4. S_P_Q_R

    S_P_Q_R Notebook Evangelist

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    What was mentioned is probably on the money, you could also check if there are any updated drivers for your graphics, plus a bios update wouldn't hurt either if you haven't for a while.
    If you have an event viewer, it wouldn't hurt to see what's being logged at the time of the shut down.
     
    S_P_Q_R, Nov 30, 2008
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  5. timesquaredesi

    timesquaredesi MagicPeople VooDooPeople

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    or, for the hell of it, make sure your media player of choice is patched to the most recent patches.

    fwiw.
     
    timesquaredesi, Nov 30, 2008
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