Problem-Black Out On D900k

Ok, so bassically i was watching friends, and chatting to mates on msn. Then suddenly the laptop (a clevo d900k purchased from itbox) just switched off. I tried to turn it back on but the power only goes on for about a second then switches off again. I took out the battery and put it back in, didn't work. I plugged it in and it didn't work, i thought it could be possible that it has overheated? But i was hardly using any cpu as i normally would, so i find it unlikely. Please respon asap.

~Untouch4bl3

 

did you normally hook up the power plug into the wall or a surge protector/UPS?

Recently a few have had a similar problem since they only hooked it up to wall sockets and got their motherboard power inputs damaged... and caused to replace the motherboard.

This sounds like a hardware issue... either:
- power brick is damaged
- power input on the motherboard is damaged
- motherboard itself is damaged
... or any of those combinations

unfortunately, there is not much you can do if it does not even turn on correctly. you would have to contact your vendor to tell them about the problem.... and probably have to get to RMA'ed.

 

umm, the thing was, the power was plugged into the pc when it cut. Dont think it was a power surge because nothing else was affected, the battery is charged but won't turn on. So that wipes out the first 2, but having a broken mobo would be unlikely cause i did nothing to harm it.

 

Ok, i fixed it. Still don't know what happened, but i just blew into the video card exhaust. Maybe a bug or something was grounding the power? Lol, i don't know but i'm really happy i fixed.

 

Heat is probably not the culprit since you were just doing casual stuff and not gaming.

UPDATE: awesome, glad it worked out for you.

So was it connected to the wall? Not to criticize, but most people dont realize even if there is not a noticeable (house lights flicker or go off) power surge DOES NOT mean that one didnt occur.
Read this since we went over it.

-Gophn

 

Oh, and make sure that the notebook is always on a hard-surface....
and use the "Clevo fan feature" (Fn+F2) to toggle all the fans to max speed when gaming... it helps a lot.

Remember to clean out dust every so often to make sure that fans dont get clogged or dust becoming condensed due to heat.

Read this:
Guide to Cooling Down Your Notebook Computer

Glad it worked out for you, but be cautious on power and heat.

-Gophn

 

Don't think it was heat 'cause it was on a hard surface, fan's on relatively high. also It was connected to wall and it wasn't a power surge because it works now i'm so very happy. Thank you for trying to help solve the problem.
Admin please closed/delete this thread.

 

There's no reason to close it, we typically only do that when there's too much arguing or pointless posts, and the topic is going nowhere. If you really want me to though, I'll close it.

Glad to hear you got your problem fixed.

 

Ok, well thanks for not closing it. it happened again, i tried to do what i did before and i almost died because of the smell. it smelt like a capgun after being fired. I think it's overheating or something has blown. But it's odd because i can't feal any heat from it.

 

That smell is never a good sign.... hopefully its just burnt dust.

Or its a capacitor that went out.. Definitely hardware related.

You should check all fans to see if they are clogged, and try to power it up again.

If it does not work, then you have to RMA it for service/repair ASAP.

 

I tried it again, it worked lol i checked all fans nothing was wrong. So im really just hoping it was an overheat thing and it was a safety measure to shut down. I got fans running full all the time and i plan to leave it @ minimal usageand leavefor 2-5hours to flush it out.But the smell was ghastly, i swear, i was like gagging it was so bad.Oh and by the way, i noticed the fans arn't going as fast as before, nothing is clogging them or anything. What could be the problem?

 

Do you monitor you temps (CPU, GPU, etc.)??

The shutdowns can be caused when a certain component reaches threshold temps.

Read this for you monitoring temps, its perfect on my D900K.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=81690

It covers all the temps:
- RivaTuner for GPU temps
- Notebook Hardware Control for CPU and HDD

 

Ok. Extremely big problem, i took off the cpu cover and took out all the dust, i replaced it but now when i turn it on. The cd spins (or its the hdd) and then the hdd light flashes then well it starts all over again. The monitor doesn't light up or anything. This happens in a matter of 5 seconds. The only thing i can remember doing is, removing the heatsinks, touching a bit of the glue stuff, unpluggin the heatsink plug then putting it back in and then just touched the silver handle on the side of the cpu. Please tell me how to fix this asap.
~Untouch4bl3

 

hmmm...

So the notebook starts up and then powers itself off without anything on the screen?

Heatsinks (plural)?? There is only on massive heatsink for the CPU in the D900K. The glue stuff... i am guessing you are talking about the thermal compound.

Do you still have a warranty on your D900K?

If not, then I would also take a look at the videocard, under the left palm rest & PCMCIA area. That might be the problem. In this notebook, so far, it is more likely for a videocard to go than anything else.

 

ok, its on now. I hit it really hard over and over again and it worked im totally worried about turning it off so i plan to well i don't know. Umm, it isnt under warranty, i took of both the heatsinks, the one in the gpu and the cpu. By the way when i took the heatsink out i noticed an extreme build up of dust. Could that be the problem?

 

The best thing to do would be to get some canned air and blow the insides of that notebook out. See the cooling guide.

 

OH YEAH...clean those baby vents and heat sinks with the can of air, as Chaz said. After Sager cleaned my 9750 vents, on the full power mode, my 9750 now idles at 49C to 50C and loads to around 55C/56C...when before at load, it peaked at 63C!