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    Placing Laptop in Fridge for it to work.

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by fernanaz, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. fernanaz

    fernanaz Newbie

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    This is my first post and here is an unusual scenario for you experts.

    I have a laptop (Prestigio x20 - Singapore Brand, Centrino Duo running XP Pro) that I have had for over a year now. In the last few months, there are occasions I have to place the laptop in the Fridge or Freezer for it to power up and kick in the Bios. These are the conditions;

    1. Once powered up, laptop works fines although does get quite hot but if I power down completely and move the laptop, it will not start up straight away. Have to let it cool down and place in 'minus' conditions for about 5 - 10 mins before it will kick in.

    2. When doing a reboot (restart from XP) works fine.

    3. Sometimes powering down overnight (not moving the laptop) it will start up in the morning no problems.

    4. Leaving in standby mode and recovering is fine, (this is the state I have to leave the laptop when travelling), otherwise no guarantee it will start.

    5. Have changed the hard drive and checked the fans etc. Not investigated or changed anything else.

    Now has anyone seen this before, any suggestions / fixes would be appreciated, as I am sure putting the laptop in the freezer is not good !

    Look forward to the responses and trust me, there is no stupid question.
     
    fernanaz, Dec 29, 2007
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you checked the temperature of you CPU? Try notebook hardware control :) google it :D
     
    Johnny T, Dec 30, 2007
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  3. fernanaz

    fernanaz Newbie

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    Hi Johnny T,
    NHC only shows information about the laptop and some configuration functions.

    The laptop works fine once up and running (gets a little hot but nothing that an additional cooler unit does not take care off).

    I suspect (may be wrong !!) somewhere along the process, when it shuts down a temp gauge kicks in and until it is in a cold state does not reactivate.

    Anyone tell me if this could be a BIOS issue ?
     
    fernanaz, Dec 30, 2007
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    fernanaz Newbie

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    Well I have cleaned out the fans, checked all the memory, cleaned and reapplied thermal paste to the sinks.. And still the problems persist.
    Based on the information provided by NHC it is running cooler now so that's a bonus on time spent taking it all apart.

    Any other information would be helpful.
     
    fernanaz, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I had to let my previous laptop cool off for a while before it would start up. It turned out to be a RAM problem. When you say you checked your memory, do you mean you ran tests on it? Like Memtest?
     
    pixelot, Jan 19, 2008
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