Packratt Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 The past week or so my computer has been shutting down when my son is on his gaming sites. He not a big time gamer at six but does go to the nick site and gamefudge. It shuts down and will not reboot to windows unless it sits for a while. I have updated all my security software and did full scans on everything. Could it just be overloading the system when he is gaming? Computer is less than a year old. Any ideas? System specs Intel dual core processor 1.66 GHZ 667 MHZ FSB 2MB L2 cache 358 MB mobile INTEL Graphic media 2gb DDR2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 i might have to watch this post. im thinking its a problem with the site he is playing games on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packratt Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 i thought that also. i logged him into a totally new site this morning.Twenty minutes later it shut down.My wife and use it all day with no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packratt Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Acer laptop with 17 inch screen. Model is aspire 7720-6569 I'm leaning to the heat issue myself. When I had it mounted in the truck my stand had twin cooling fans that blew under the laptop. i propped it up a few minutes ago and i'm turning the little bugger loose on it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 might want to try one of thsoe laptop coolers underneath it. I know my old umax laptop I have at home the cooling fan is in the bottom of it, so if it's sitting on my lap it can not cool itself and gets cranky when it gets hot.. (AMD K6-2 300mhz) it's a dinosuar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packratt Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 i put a book under it and told the kids to wear it out.2 hours of gaming and no probs. guess i will look for a cooler after Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Gray SS Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Did you try the touchpad settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packratt Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 I haven't yet Jake. It has ran all afternoon since I raised the front with a book. I think it needed more air. When I had it mounted in the truck my stand had cooling fans to keep it cool. I've got so much on my plate this week i never thought about cooling untill Allan mentioned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Gray SS Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Sorry Randy, I was aiming that at Tim as a joke. You have to see the thread he had on his laptop issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Did you try the touchpad settings? Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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