The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    3000 V100 shuts off plugged in/full charge

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by burman, Mar 5, 2009.

  1. burman

    burman Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    118
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    as the title says, my 3000 V100 was at a full charge and plugged in and just shuts off with zero warning. just an immediate black screen/power off. i unplug it and turn it on just the battery and i get as far as putting in my password and having about 3 of the lower right icons load up before it happens again. i'm on my third try now and about 5 minutes in. so far so good. does anyone have any idea what this could be?
     
    burman, Mar 5, 2009
    #1
  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    4,982
    Messages:
    34,001
    Likes Received:
    1,415
    Trophy Points:
    581
    Anything in Event Viewer?
     
    ZaZ, Mar 5, 2009
    #2
  3. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    156
    Messages:
    643
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Could it be that it's overheating? Can you hear/feel the fan running? Have you ever cleaned the heatsink/fan?
     
    steve p, Mar 5, 2009
    #3
  4. burman

    burman Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    118
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    it does get very hot but i read in a review a long time back that that's normal. i did buy it used and haven't ever cleaned it outside of surface stuff/the screen. also this has never happened while on my laptop cooler but only while on my bed. any instructions on giving it a proper cleaning or anything else i can do?
     
    burman, Mar 8, 2009
    #4
  5. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    156
    Messages:
    643
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    The proper way to do it will be to open up the laptop and get to the fan/heatsink area. Preventing the fan from turning as you blow it clean with a compressed air canister. If you are uncomfortable opening up the laptop then I guess you could use the compressed air canister and blow through the cooling vents to get as much of the dirt/dust out. It's best to blow in the "intake" vent hopping that most of the stuff will come out the "exhaust" vent as opposed to going onto your laptop.
    Good luck,
    Steve
     
    steve p, Mar 10, 2009
    #5