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Check Control Panel Power/Options.
Default settings for most laptops, even when plugged in, is to turn off
display and/or send the computer to sleep every 10 minutes or so---which is
rather stupid, at least when plugged in! Set it to "never".
Don Penlington.
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:52 PM, GeorgeMary Skokan <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I have a Dell 17R 5720 Laptop running Windows 7 pro, i7 Intel Mobile, 8
> GB Ram, 1TB hard drive, and integrated intel graphics. I bought it just
> this way about 4 yrs ago and it has been running good up until the
> current hiccup. What is does is just turn off to black screen while I'm
> using it. Sometimes it clicks once (could be hard drive seating?), but
> I am hard of hearing, so maybe clicks everytime. It doesn't seem to
> happen consistenly doing any one thing like videos. If I play videos
> consitently to check out if it is overheating, the fan cycles on and off
> blowing warm air. I lifted the keyboard to check fan movement and it is
> moving. The event logs for this time shows a critical error. Kernel
> power event ID 41. I have taken it apart to look at the system board
> under bright light, but have not been able to see anything like burn
> spots or puffed up capacitors. I haven't taken the heat sink off yet
> since I don't have any thermal compound, but I think that could be next
> when I get some. The laptop is currently back together and is doing the
> same thing. PC doctor doesn't find anything on extended memory and
> drive tests. Does anyone have any ideas or experience with this or
> similar? Thanks George.
>
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