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    May 9, 2011, 05:01 PM
    A recent hardware or software could have turned your laptop off?
    My Dell inspiron 6000 keeps turning itself off
    It looks as if someone unplugged it and it went off
    Sometimes it stay on for hrs and sometimes it just bling off without warning
    What could have cause this? By the way my fan isn't working as it should.. I'm using a house fan to keep it cool
    I know it didn't shut down because of overheating, because I checked the bottom of the laptop and its cool
    What could be the problem?
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    May 9, 2011, 05:36 PM

    It may be cool to the touch but the CPU may be overheating. That can cause the type of shutdown your talking about.
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    May 11, 2011, 01:27 PM

    Quite a few things can cause it to just shut off...

    As Califdadof3 said, just because it's cool to the touch doesn't mean the internal portion is over-heating...

    What makes you believe a recent hardware/software change could have done this? I am not asking you because I doubt you, I ask you because it is very true... among other things!
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