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    NP-X50 Odd turn off Issue

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Ticcer, Mar 11, 2009.

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    Hi. I have a Samsung NP-X50 notebook.

    After a nasty chinese speaking malware attack, I've had to reinstall Windows.

    Everything was fine untill I tried. When the XP recovery CD boots, it gets to the "Setup is starting windows" bit (before the format and file copy) then just turns off.. no beeps, no warning, nothing.

    I have it turned off for about 30 mins and tried again. This time it got to the file copy stage and at anywhere between 6% and 20% copied, it just turns off.

    So far, I've tested the RAM (2 x 512) no issue. Tested the Fujitsu SATA HDD with the Fujitsu HDD Tools.. no issue. Have done a successful full format, no issues. I even FDISK \MBR and formatted again (Just in case of MBR malware. No issues. The 16 MB recovery partition is still intact.

    I can run a utility boot disk with no problems. It will run for hours and not turn off. I can also run a mini XP environment for testing with no issues. Indeed, the previous installation of Windows was running just fine save for some annoyances created by the malware.

    After it had been off for a few hours, I tried again. This time it went all the way to 100% Windows files copied during the installation process... then simply turned off!

    I'm thinking it may be a heat issue.. something getting hot and failing.

    I wanted to take the thing apart and give it a good clean (dust etc). Have taken all the screws out, the HDD, the RAM, the keyboard screws, but it will not come apart.

    Does anyone have any suggestions... or know how to take one of these things apart?

    Many thanks.

    Ticcer
     
    Ticcer, Mar 11, 2009
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    Solved. Managed to take the notebook apart.. gave it a good vacuum and now it runs fine
     
    Ticcer, Mar 12, 2009
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