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Anonymous Posted on Sep 08, 2012

Thinkpad t43 shuts down after about 5 minutes run time. put new thermal paste . fan seems to running ok but the machine still shuts down after a while. solution?

Recently replaced dying 40gb hdd to 80gb.

  • Anonymous Sep 08, 2012

    also upgraded os fr. windows xp to 7

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Probably the problem is on the Gaphik card. Replace the GRAKA or get a new Mainboard.

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  • Posted on Aug 26, 2008

SOURCE: shuts down autometically

Also, have you changed anything lately? and, Did this just start happening out of the blue, or did something happen to cause this, ie... power failure, kicked the plug out, ran the battery completely dead, overheated, etc...?

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  • Posted on Jan 17, 2009

SOURCE: Thinkpad x31 wont turn on

plz try by resiting the ram, take out the battery and try to boot in.

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  • Posted on May 21, 2009

SOURCE: Sony VAIO GRT170 laptop fans wont run.

Overheating usually happens when the fan is not coming , therefore when the computer overheats.Or the fan is not cooling enough and computer is overheating.

Monitor computer temperature using a software, check if Fan is coming up when temperature gets critical.

If fan comes up but does not cool enough, then replace the fan, it is not efficient anymore because of a bad bearing or dust. ~Also ensure that fan is well mounted, if fan has poor contact with CPU surface , cooling will be poor.

If fan does not come up, and critical temp is not detected, then the sensor on motherboard is bad, this is very uncommon. When this happens the problem is usually related to system or power settiings , rather than overheating.

If fan does not come up and temp is critical, then fan is faulty, replace it.

There are also more than one fan on many laptops, check that one of the fans (CPU fan, video fan) is not completely ded, and therefore cause for the problem.

By using the software below you can also find out if the problem is really overheating. If temperature results within normal range, then usually it is not overheating.In that case test systtem and check power saving settings.

Here is the software to control your fan and temp. sensor state:

Download SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

Download SpeedFan 4.38

SpeedFan - Free software download

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SOURCE: HDD Upgrade and Specs for Compaq Presario M2000

Yes the M2000 will support at least an 80GB hard drive.

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  • Posted on Oct 28, 2009

SOURCE: ThinkPad T43 Hinge Replacement Instructions

Here is a link to the Hardware Maintenance Manual from Lenovo which should help...

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6193.pdf

Here's a link to the Service and Troubleshooting Guide

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t2332.pdf

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