Ups and Downs in Lappy Town

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Socoder -> Hardware and Technology -> Ups and Downs in Lappy Town
Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 06:16
Jayenkai	The other day, my laptop inexplicably rebooted. Unlike most Win10 Update style recent reboots, this one came without warning, and just sort of happened.. Baffled, but nonplussed, I continued for about an hour or two of coding, then got up to make a brew. When I returned, and picked the laptop off the couch to sit it on my lap, the laptop once again rebooted. Later in the day, I once again got to the "Picking the laptop off the couch, plopping it onto my lap" point, and again it rebooted. I immediately assumed this was a hard drive failure, and set about (as you do) doing a major backup. It's been a couple of days since then. I've taken to, every half hour or so, lifting up the laptop and giving it a random shake. Which is resulting in nothing.. .. Except when I have the charge cable attached. Seems that the "something wrong" might in fact be the cable, although quite how I'm not sure. Hmmm... Dev-times are now reduced to "when it isn't charging", and since the lappy has a craptastic (~3 hours to charge, ~1 hour to discharge!) timescale, that's a bit of a shit amount of dev-time. But at least I don't have to buy a new lappy. A new charger, maybe, but the lappy's not quite dead, yet! phew -=-=- .. Which is a good fucking job, because, seemingly randomly, Mum's decided to buy a new Sofa for the living room.. FFS, just when you've no cash, up pops the "Let's spend cash" fairy! That, Xmas pressies to buy, and a Nintendo Switch to save up for.. No time to be buying a Laptop! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 06:58
GfK	We have a shit-ton of birthdays and anniversaries in November, then Christmas in December. Our flexible friend doesn't know what's hit it. :/ For your laptop - could be a dirty connection on the charger/port. Get some electrical switch cleaner (about £4 from Maplins), give the socket and the charger cable a good squirt, and stick a cotton bud in it to give it a good clean. Might work, might not. But cheaper than doling out for a new charger if it does. (don't be tempted to use WD40 - very very bad for electronics)