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Hi all,
I have a sony VAIO R505DL notebook (Pentium III), with this weird problem:
I can run it fine on batteries, no problem at all.
But if I plug it in, after about 5 minutes it shuts down. I mean,
the screen goes dark, system stops, no warning at all, just as if
the power has been switched off.
Now, I imagined it could be that when running on batteries, the processor
is slowed down to preserve power and hence runs cooler; and that
when plugged in it runs full speed and overheats and then shuts itself down.
But I tried all combination of power schemes, and even applets that switch
the processor speed, and the result is the same:
batteries -> no problem (even with processor at full speed)
ac -> problem (even with processor at lowest speed).
Any one has any idea of what the problem may be ? or where to go to get
it fixed ? (not sony, they will likely charge $700)
Many thanks,
eduardo
Hi all,
I have a sony VAIO R505DL notebook (Pentium III), with this weird problem:
I can run it fine on batteries, no problem at all.
But if I plug it in, after about 5 minutes it shuts down. I mean,
the screen goes dark, system stops, no warning at all, just as if
the power has been switched off.
Now, I imagined it could be that when running on batteries, the processor
is slowed down to preserve power and hence runs cooler; and that
when plugged in it runs full speed and overheats and then shuts itself down.
But I tried all combination of power schemes, and even applets that switch
the processor speed, and the result is the same:
batteries -> no problem (even with processor at full speed)
ac -> problem (even with processor at lowest speed).
Any one has any idea of what the problem may be ? or where to go to get
it fixed ? (not sony, they will likely charge $700)
Many thanks,
eduardo