Laptop may be dying on me, help? [SOLVED]
Today is a sad day.
My old companion, my laptop may be on its last legs.
Recently I've had a couple of problems arise which I've never seen before, detailed as follows:
1) Sometimes after opening the laptop and waking it from sleep mode, the screen stays blank for a while, followed by the fan going absolutely berserk for no apparent reason. Login screen never appears, have to remove battery or hold down the power button to switch it off.
2) Usually after #1 above, but sometimes without provocation the laptop fails to boot after being turned back on again. As in, the screen turns on but I don't even get to the boot screen where you can hold different buttons to get to the BIOS etc. The only fix for this seems to be turning the laptop on and off until it finally works, which may take anywhere between 2-10 tries.
3) Mouse cursor is flickering in and out of existence, as though even my laptop's touchpad is frying itself.
1 & 2 are probably the same problem, but I have no idea how to fix it. My laptop's still under warranty, but not sure if I can claim over this.
Help would be very much appreciated, and I can provide additional details if needed.
Last edited by 4zb41; Dec 18, 2012 at 12:49 AM.