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Ok, so my laptop just shut itself down out of the blue while I was working. That's nice.
Just *click* dead. Not even a BSOD or anything. The *click* being the sound of the hdd stopping.

I thought it was a linux-related issue, but this time I was on windows, so it might be a hardware issue I guess...

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  • 1
    mostly faulty cpu fan / ventilation issues
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    @jinryu hmm, that would be weird since my cpu usage was low, it's not even warm...
    Besides, my laptop has pretty decent cooling (for a laptop) and has survived much worse in the past without breaking a sweat

    (Also I'm sitting at a desk, so the airways are clear)
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    @endor School IT tech here, this sounds to me like a loose cable inside the laptop somewhere or possibly a bad motherboard/CPU. It is not the hard drive as if it was the screen would freeze not go dark. Unfortunately this is the best I can do without physically being there. I should also mention that the RAM would go bad slowly, not suddenly, and would also not cause a sudden darkness.
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    I have the same problem. It shuts down so fast, it's like some removes the battery.
    But for me this only occurs on Windows, never on Linux.
    Needless to say, I have no idea as to why that happens
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    @gitlab hmmm, that would suck if it's actually the case...
    Idk, this only happened maybe 4 times in the 3 years I've had this laptop, and every time it was sitting on my desk (so not shaking it/moving it around). I guess I could try to open it up and try with a visual inspection.
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    @endor in that case it could actually be a faulty power button or something of that nature, with the fact that it's so rare it's generally not something any IT shop is going to be able to repair properly.
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