Computer nerds of Sup Forums:
I have a laptop that will shut down whenever I have the primary HDD plugged in. It posts, gets past the bios, hangs at the windows boot screen for a while, and then shuts down. It's not getting too hot, and I've tested this with several different hard drives. If I unattach the HDD entirely, it'll stay on while it's asking me to select a boot device.
What the fuck is going on. (Pic unrelated)
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Try a different hard-drive to test the board. If the other hard drive works, try re-installing the os.
Tried that with a different hard drive that'd I'd already installed an OS to using this motherboard. Same problem.
Might be the connector or the board at this point.
I was thinking about maybe robbing a sata connector from a donor laptop and seeing if that helped, but I can't see why the connection itself would make the entire thing shut down.
it sounds like the same issue my ex gf had, it keeps buffering but never getting to the home screen right? you've likely got a ton of viruses and have to go into the options on startup, something along the lines of pressing f12 a few times at a certain point on startup or something, google it,
A short circuited component may cause overvolting.
I know this is retarded.. but back when I was in highschool, kids would shove headphone jacks into USB ports. This would cause a short and the PC would turn off.
If he's tried a different hard drive with a clean os viruses won't be the issue
ah i think i overlooked that while glancing through
>overvolting.
You may have the trips of truth but you're full of shit.
Nah, it's not that. It literally shuts down as if it were out of battery while booting windows. If I don't have a HDD plugged in at all, it will remain on at the 'select a boot device' screen.
I'm a software/security guy not someone who does hardware.
Try booting a liveusb with Linux.
Try booting from something else -- a usb livedisk for your favorite flavor of linux, or the windows install disk if you have it.
Try a live usb to test your other components.
Get an ISO for debian and use Rufus to mount it onto a flashdrive. Boot with that device.
Similar thing happened with my computer recently except it didn't shut down it just froze at the windows boot. Turned out the HDD was dead, I checked it and it was at 1% life. Bought a new one recovered just about everything I could from the old hard drive (about 98%-99%). I popped in the new HDD and it worked just fine.
Overcurrent is the term you're looking for. I may not be a computer guy but I'm a vaper. I know Ohm's law and I know everything about short circuits.
Try one of these
the HDD is probably rip OP.
Run OS on a SSD
have my programs on a seperate HDD
have my movies, pictures and etc on an external drive
used to have a bunch of pictures, porn, and random documents saved to an internal HDD
it failed recently, can't load anything that's on it, have ran chkdsk /f on the drive, MFT? i believe is what it is called, is broken? something like that. Can I fix the MFT or whatever it's called? can I still clone the contents of the drive over to a new one? should i even try opening it up to see if it's a hardware issue?
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OP Update: I've tried booting to a USB mounted ISO of windows 7, and it cuts out on the windows load screen for that, too. I've tried running it without the battery, which has about the same run. Thermal paste is okay, heatsinks aren't broken or fucky. At this point, it seems like it could almost ONLY be some sort of voltage issue? I'm going to download and run a linux ISO and see if that'll boot.
Repeat that process with one stick of ram. Check all slots. If that still doesn't work, use a different stick of ram.
Good guy
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Boot into safe mode try that. I'm a IT always start simple to diagnosis and solve issues
How about installing google ultron?
it smells like a power problem. you aren't powerful enough.
you waste trips on a question you could easily look up on tomshardware dot come?
better update the flash plugin
i was going to say that too. bitch needs a better psu to hold up all the power.
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try installing acrobat
Make a boot disc for your OS, then boot to the dvd-drive and repair/restore/upgrade/reinstall windows, try the options in that order If all else fails, reinstall windows on a different partition so you don't lose anything.
Read the thread. We've already done that.
Have you tried to deleted system 32? I did that and my pc runs so smooth. I get 300 fps while playing vidya games
Find the BIOS for your pc and update/reinstall it from usb drive if possible
prove it
Try booting from a live disc of Ubuntu or something and check if the drives mount there.
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OP update: Debian wouldn't boot, either. Same issue that happened before, it'd hand while trying to load, even from the USB.
What I've tried since last update:
Disconnected the optical drive to see if less power consumption would help -- it did not.
Tested each stick of RAM individually and tried one 2gb stick I had laying around by itself -- no change.
This earnestly has me stumped. It almost doesn't even make sense.
Once again, it will stay on for pretty much ever so long as I don't try to boot anything.
Have you tried fixing it?
This is clearly a board issue with the CPU not receiving the correct voltage. Time to replace.
Sounds like the board, sorry for your loss OP.
Fuck. I really hope that's not the case, but it seems more and more like it might be.
I sincerely appreciate everyone helping through the thread. I rebuilt this laptop for my mom for christmas last year because I was broke as shit, and it worked incredibly well for almost nine months, now. I do not want to have to tell her that I can't fix it, but it means a lot to me to have had you guys' help.