Toshiba satellite a215 just completely shut d

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Dai - Jan 2, 2010 at 09:36 PM
 Yuki - Jun 23, 2010 at 08:04 PM
Hello,

I normally leave my laptop plugged into the wall and I've had it for about 2 years now. But it just all of a sudden shut off and I cannot turn it back on. Did it over-heat? Please help me....
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Jan 3, 2010 at 01:50 AM
Dear Dai,

Please check whether the battery is still

working properly first. Confirm whether the

problem is not coming from the battery to

have further help.

Thank you.
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It might be caused by overheating; the laptop's ventelation might be clogged with dust or lint. My Toshiba A215-S7437 was having the same problem lately,so I used the hose on my vacume cleaner to suck on the fan port on the bottom of the laptop. It pulled some chunks of lint to the surface; however,I havn't used my computer that much since then, so I don't know if the problem was solved yet. It might help you to do the same, but don't hold the vacume tube to the fan port too long at a time to make sure the fan doesn't overload from super-speeding. Suck bursts of about 5 seconds at a time should be effective;also, after a few suckings on the fan, it might be a good idea to do a few while holding the exhaust port closed with your hand, so it draws air and maybe clog from within the deeper parts of the computer.
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