I recently inherited an old Dell XPS 1330. I know it is old... but it is in great shape. It originally had Windows Vista on it. I do not know if this current problem existed when it was running Vista. I just did a fresh install of Windows 7 Pro. It is an OEM version, I own and it is activated.
The install went fine. I managed to find all of the correct drivers--and there are no errors on the driver manager.
The problem I am having is that the laptop will power off randomly--- sometimes after 3 min sometimes it will last 10. It will happen before it gets warm--so I do not think it is a heat issue. The fan is running.
It happened a few times while installing drivers. I hoped getting all the drivers would fix it.
There are a lot of posts on the web about the DEL XPS with random shut downs... I have tried all of the fixes. I also shut off all power savings and unchecked a box that instructed windows to shut down after an error. (I can't remember what the setting was called).
When I power it back up--- I get the typical option to boot normal or go to safe mode.
When I boot into safe mode this problem goes away... It has been up and running fro the past 2 hours.
Any idea how to fix this? I can't think of any setting in Windows 7 that would cause this.
Thanks for reading...
The install went fine. I managed to find all of the correct drivers--and there are no errors on the driver manager.
The problem I am having is that the laptop will power off randomly--- sometimes after 3 min sometimes it will last 10. It will happen before it gets warm--so I do not think it is a heat issue. The fan is running.
It happened a few times while installing drivers. I hoped getting all the drivers would fix it.
There are a lot of posts on the web about the DEL XPS with random shut downs... I have tried all of the fixes. I also shut off all power savings and unchecked a box that instructed windows to shut down after an error. (I can't remember what the setting was called).
When I power it back up--- I get the typical option to boot normal or go to safe mode.
When I boot into safe mode this problem goes away... It has been up and running fro the past 2 hours.
Any idea how to fix this? I can't think of any setting in Windows 7 that would cause this.
Thanks for reading...