Satellite Pro A10 shuts down on specific ocasions

Hi !
I own a Satelite Pro A10 (the PSA15E). It's hdd stop working, the pc couldn't find it. So I bought a new one, a samsung with 160GB, IDE of course.
Now when I was installing windows, during the copying files part, it just shut down. When I boot it he says the boot file fails, so I'm assuming he shut down when he was transfering that important part.
If I run the cd again, he doesn't ask for format, or reinstall/repair, he just loads up some files and tries to start windows, and then shuts down.
Now this is where the tricky part comes in: the power led turns off and then on again really quick whenever he shuts down. I'm not using the battery (it's already dead too), and I'm using an universal AC adapter, a Kensigton one, 70W. I tried formating through an Ubuntu live cd, with no luck, because when I choose "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu" he stops a bit like he's thinking, then when he's about to leave the menu and do something, he instead shuts down.
My only guess is that this laptop doesn't want me anymore :(
I could really use some help, cause I just spent some 50 on an HDD for him and It's the only laptop I have. I don't think it's a matter of temperature because he just shuts down at specific times, on some specific choices. If I just let him hang there on the menu (the Ubuntu live CD one) he doesn't shut down. Only when I want him to go further.
Any help/response is greatly appreciated, and if I take a bit too long to answer is because I only have acess to internet at work now.
Thank you very much,
Ricardo Rebelo

Hi and sorry for not answering before.
The laptop is fine. I did cleaned the vents and even applied new thermal grease. But the real problem was the ac adaptor. It's a kingston universal one and it has to be laid flat on the ground, or else it will eventually turn of the laptop. My laptop has no battery so I have to turn ac adaptor all the time. Thanks for all the replies and again sorry for not being able to answer as fast as I could.
Ricardo RR

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