what's wrong with my laptop?

[slash112]

my laptop keeps turning off by itself. and when i turn it back on, it sometimes turns off again, and when it does turn on again, it comes up with "errors occured due to hardware or software change" and it lets me turn on safe mode or start normally. but ive not changed a thing. and just there, i turned it back on again, and it didnt come up with the error message, it just did the normal thing, but my fan turned on, full speed, for about 2 minutes. is this problem because of overheating, or what, i thought it was, because the fans turned on, but the error message doesnt fit in at all.

[magical mike]

Whats the OS? and whats your ram? could it be overloading? Have you considered http://www.ubuntu.com/ quote from the site Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

[slash112]

Whats the OS? and whats your ram? could it be overloading? Have you considered http://www.ubuntu.com/ quote from the site OS - windows vista home basic RAM - a crappy 512 Mb i checked if it was overloading (i take it you are talking about RAM overload) i dont want to change OS, ive messed with my laptop too much. and my laptop id fine now, but im still curious what happened.

[magical mike]

Well, I dont know, it just restarts? What do you do when it restarts? Like what did you do before it happened?

[slash112]

i didnt do a thing, i was just doing my normal thing on the internet, and it turned off.

[magical mike]

I dont know... then. Maybe your batrys dead? If your running it off a plug, maybe the plug dies?

[slash112]

I dont know... then. Maybe your batrys dead? If your running it off a plug, maybe the plug dies? naah its not that, becuase when i was able to turn it on for a bit, i could see the symbol down the bottom for the cable is plugged in, and when i took the cable out, it came up as full battery.

[magical mike]

well. I am sorry I cant help you then You should take it to were you bought it, and see what thay can do. Maybe you have friends who are computer people? idk

[slash112]

its fine anyway, its fixed, as i said: and my laptop id fine now, but im still curious what happened. oh and i just remembered that there was a really loud noise when the fan went at first, so i think something was jammed in the fan, so it must have been overheating.

[Man of Steel]

It sounds like it was either overheating or you have a problem with your RAM. Since it seems to be fine now, I'd guess the former. I'm no expert, though.