power issue suspected

[edd1969]

Can anyone help please

I have a sony vaio PCG-Z1XSP laptop

Windows xp pro Service pack 2

When i power on the laptop,the power light and device comes on but then shuts down after a few seconds, or stays on for a few minuets and then shuts down with no error messages or warnings.

I think this is hardware related as if the device does manage to stay on for long enough, it boots to windows successfully without any problems.

I`m suspecting that there is an issue relating to power.

I Presume the power cable and the battery are ok as i have recently replaced the battery with a new one and when i charge the laptop with the device turned off, the battery charger light flashes, so this tells me the charger is ok.

I have also removed the battery completely and tryed with the charger and still the device turns off

 

Any help regarding this problem will be very much apreciated

[Vr5fx]

Just going to ask to narrow the problem down....

Could it be overheating?

Does it last longer if it's turned on after being sat to rest for around an hour?

While you try this out, can you feel the air being removed from the laptops' fan exhaust? and does it feel hot around the area on the laptop?

 

Over time dust builds up on the inside of the laptop, stopping airflow causing it to "save itself" by shutting down.

[Armageddon]

Hi just to follow on of the possibility of over heating is it possible for you to download and run speccy http://www.filehippo.com/download_speccy on one of the occasions you get it o9n for more than a few mins this will give us the temps of the motherboard etc and give us a starting point to help further

Dave