Random System Shutdown

[Guest]

In certain programs (e.g. MSWord, MS Hoyle Card Games) my Toshiba Pentium III laptop simply shuts down - for no apparent reason. On a subsequent manual start, there is no indication of the abnormal shutdown. Just a normal startup process. Any file that was being worked prior to shutdown is lost, i.e. not recovered. Cannot seem to correlate the problem to any specific action

Also, another apparently uncorrelated problem: When I close the display, the system enters the "Preparing to HIbernate" mode and hangs up. that is, it never hibernates

Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Is there any entry in Event Viewer that may point to the problem?

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| In certain programs (e.g. MSWord, MS Hoyle Card Games) my Toshiba Pentium
III laptop simply shuts down - for no apparent reason. On a subsequent
manual start, there is no indication of the abnormal shutdown. Just a normal
startup process. Any file that was being worked prior to shutdown is lost,
i.e. not recovered. Cannot seem to correlate the problem to any specific
action.
|
| Also, another apparently uncorrelated problem: When I close the display,
the system enters the "Preparing to HIbernate" mode and hangs up. that is,
it never hibernates.
|
| Any thoughts are appreciated.