Re: Satellite P300 just shutting off

My dad got a Satellite P300 on sunday (22nd June). It worked fine on Sunday afternoon but since Monday night it keeps just shutting off without warning. I can't figure out anything that it could be. There's no pattern to it shutting down sometimes it's after 20mins sometimes after 2.
Any ideas other than to just take it back - which I can't see him taking lightly because he's only used it for a few hours Sunday/Monday!

Hello
For me it sounds like overheating issue and I do not believe you can do anything about it.
Try to test it with two different situations. At first test it without some graphic intensively applications like Word or just using browser.
Test it also playing some game. It will be interesting to know when the notebook switches OFF in both situations.
If the problem persists I recommend you to contact your local dealer or nearest authorized service provider. They have special application and then can set notebook to work under pressure and see if the notebook switches OFF because of too high hardware temperature.

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