Laptop switches itself off

greenview1

Can anyone please help. Very occasionally my laptop switches itself off especially when I am burning a DVD. It is a Sony VA10.Thanks for any help.

isofa

Does it just lose power, and you lose all your work, or does it go into a shutdown or suspend?

If the former, Remove the battery and clean the contacts, make sure it's firmly back in the laptop, ensure it's fully charged. If it doesn't hold a full charge for long (often the case with older laptops) try and use it plugged into the mains to ensure it won't run flat.

Have you checked the Sony Vaio support to see if it's a know issue? They might have a solution or even a firmware patch to run on the system to solve it.

totalsolutions

Off or blank screen? Screensaver??

John_Gray

Is it getting too hot?

samhale

If it's Vista, then it might be the power settings. Mine switched off whenever I closed the lid..

greenview1

Many thanks for your replies. It is on XP and the laptop switches itself off, there is nothing on the screen. If it is getting too hot does anyone know the remedy.Thanks again for your help.

Gambler

greenview1 wrote: »

Many thanks for your replies. It is on XP and the laptop switches itself off, there is nothing on the screen. If it is getting too hot does anyone know the remedy.Thanks again for your help.

I have the same problem with my Vaio (XP). It tends to happen when I try to close the lid to activate the hibernate mode. Sometimes the lights dont go out and upon lifting the lid it says it can't carry out the required task due to system resource or something similar.

I then have to put the system into standby before closing the lid.

Next time I open up the lid if I am on the laptap for say an hour the whole system just switches itself off.