Peter and Ben, Thanks for the replies. I use this laptop hard. It is running most every day 10-12 hours. I use it in my van for the GPS and on service calls to update Eeproms on TV's. It likely gets more usage on the hard drive than others. As far as being dropped, it slid off the stand a few times, but it never landed really hard. Most of the time it seems to run fine. At home, I have it on the arm of a love seat when I'm not using it and that seems to be the usual time it acts up, I think because the fans are on the bottom and it over heats, but it never used to do this.
When it is in my van, the battery some times gets low and it is to save my data and go into stand by, but when I press the power button, it says it is coming out of stand by, but my files weren't saved. Jeff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Intrepid TV Repair www.hdtvrepair.tv www.intrepid-video.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Kaulback Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PCWorks: Laptop, HP keeps shutting off, fans run fast. Yes Jeff, I know many others also holding off on Vista until SP1. And with the big memory footprint of Vista, or rather it's 4 gb sweet spot <groan>, I will hold off for quite some time as XP Pro is supported for a good while still. Perhaps when you do buy a replacement you could ask for XP as the OS, some are doing this. I forgot to ask before, but has the laptop ever been dropped or jostled roughly recently? Even accidentally dropping it an inch onto a hard surface after looking underneath can be damaging to internal components, ie. battery connectors, video, network, etc. I am always amazed how much the little things can be huge for a laptop. Peter Kaulback Jeff Dougherty wrote: > Thanks Peter. I did not get the extended warranty. > I was considering a replacement laptop, but was waiting for the first SP of > Vista. > > > Jeff > Intrepid TV Repair > Ph: 717-939-7708; Fax: 717-754-0174 > www.hdtvrepair.tv www.intrepid-video.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter Kaulback > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PCWorks: Laptop, HP keeps shutting off, fans run fast. > > Jeff, it sounds like the hard drive is failing. A relative with a > similar model had the hard drive fail and experienced these things > beforehand. > > Is it still under warranty with HP? > > Peter Kaulback > > Jeff Dougherty wrote: >> I have a ZV5000 pavilion. >> Every once in a while, the unit will just shut off, the programs never >> close. When I turn it on, it takes a very long boot time. I never wait > long >> enough, I just do a hard power down, then restart after it cools. The next >> time it starts fine. >> >> I've noticed lately the fans seem to run a lot faster at times which makes >> me think this is a heat related issue, but maybe not. It never used to be >> like this. It's a big pain as the programs never close so my work is not >> saved. >> This laptop is about 2 years old. >> Does anyeone have any ideas? >> Thank you >> Jeff ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
