T43p abrupt shut down

[Alejandro Audisio]

My latest round of headaches with my T43p is that it simply turns itself off with no prior warning.... not a shutdown, its just a hard turn off.... my fan seems to work properly.... but Im thinking its overheating..... will buying a laptop cooler help me at all...???

[ajkula66]

That sounds like a:

1) bad CPU or

2) bad DIMM/DIMM slot

3) thermal sensor gone wild.

Laptop cooler will do absolutely nothing for any of the above.

Try swapping the CPU and check whether the conditions persist.

Good luck.

[Alejandro Audisio]

Thanks...... dont have an alternate CPU and even if I did, I dont have the skills required to do this......

[ajkula66]

You can pick up a CPU for $10 or so on eBay...doesn't have to be PM780 for testing purposes.

Replacement takes 15 minutes even if you've never done it before, all that is required is # 1 Phillips screwdriver and an open HMM...

Good luck.

[Alejandro Audisio]

You can pick up a CPU for $10 or so on eBay...doesn't have to be PM780 for testing purposes.

Replacement takes 15 minutes even if you've never done it before, all that is required is # 1 Phillips screwdriver and an open HMM...

Good luck.

Thanks.... but, what is an open HMM.....???

[ajkula66]

HMM = Hardware Maintenance Manual

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product ... MIGR-58791

Good luck.

[Alejandro Audisio]

I dont mean to contradict the tech experts... but I swapped the batery on my T43p and have been using a cooling base and its now working much better... from a 6-8 times per day shut down Im not down to my maching shutting down only once or twice a day.... am I kidding myself or is the fan doing something here....

Darn.... I wish this T43 hadnt turned out to be such a lemon.... grrrrr

[ajkula66]

I dont mean to contradict the tech experts... but I swapped the batery on my T43p and have been using a cooling base and its now working much better... from a 6-8 times per day shut down Im not down to my maching shutting down only once or twice a day.... am I kidding myself or is the fan doing something here....

Darn.... I wish this T43 hadnt turned out to be such a lemon.... grrrrr

Huh...

You do understand that you're essentially treating a bout of Red Fever with aspirin and cold compresses, right?

The machine shouldn't be shutting down at all, unless you instruct it to...

As for the T43 turning out to be a lemon...the youngest one I've ever seen turned five this past January. That's a lot of years in a life of a laptop, be it a ThinkPad or not...

[Alejandro Audisio]

I know its not supposed to shut down.... Im trying to remain positive about this issue. I know this laptop is not the youngest, and I would not call it a lemon if this was the first and only issue I had with this machine... however, its given me grief from the very beginning.... I guess the lesson I learned is that its not worth it to buy refurbished machines... its my fault, as I had read that this series of machines had a history of CPU GPU and all the other issues..... well, its been (a very expensive) lesson learned.

(sigh)

Huh...

You do understand that you're essentially treating a bout of Red Fever with aspirin and cold compresses, right?

The machine shouldn't be shutting down at all, unless you instruct it to...

As for the T43 turning out to be a lemon...the youngest one I've ever seen turned five this past January. That's a lot of years in a life of a laptop, be it a ThinkPad or not...

[ajkula66]

Just out of curiosity...have you tried another CPU like I had suggested some time ago?

[Alejandro Audisio]

No, I havent tried this and frankly I dont think I will. Im guessing that this machine has various issues, HDD performance is also laggard and its not sounding normal as of late... I think I just need to accept that if it looks like a lemon, smells like a lemon and has this bright yellow color, its probably a lemon.

I must move on to a new machine... but this time, there is no chance in hell I will buy anything but a new machine.