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Originally Posted by lbarry
I posted to this thread back in March and I just thought I'd update my situation and make an observation. My shutdown problem went away as soon as I got rid of my generic AC adapter and went back to an HP OEM AC adapter. I had never had this problem until I started using the generic adapter. I don't think that means that temperature is not a factor. Since many of you seem to have found relief by making changes to the heat situation on the laptop, my guess is that the generic AC adapter charged the battery too quickly and made it too hot causing the shutdown. I would guess that anything that reduces the heat in the box helps including the ac adapter and maybe the condition of the battery itself. I don't know for sure, but I would guess that an older battery takes longer to charge and more heat is generated while it is charging.
This is all conjecture of course, but if you adapter is generic or your battery is old, you might want to look into these issues too.
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Barry, Your last sentence might sum it all up. I thought I had mine fixed with repasteing the heat sink.. It needed to be done anyways. I recently purchased an aftermarket AC adapter. My battery is 3 years old.
Im using a program called speedfan V4.34 to monitor cpu temp.Just as a test I removed my battery and am trying it on AC power only... with the generic adapter..that I purchased shortly before this all occurred. So far, its looking good.. I cant help but wonder if it might be just the battery. I was running mine on battery power yesterday and it overtemp shutdowned on me. Ill keep you guys updated. thx Barry. Hope this is a step in the right direction.. I cant help but think its not a fan issue. Mine does come on.. its clean and not noisy...
Cheers
DAVE