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Hardball
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_ 		24. April 2009 @ 11:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi? i have a dell inspiron 1720 laptop that mysteriously shuts off there is no virus on the machine and the machine is only a year old. i do not hear the fan on my laptop spin and the laptop is elevated! does anybody have a idea why my laptop is mysteriously shutting down help would be greatly appreciated...thanks in advance!
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ddp
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_ 		24. April 2009 @ 17:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does it get real hot on the bottom? wet the backside of your hand & place near the vents of the laptop to see if can feel air movement or not from fan as sounds like a thermal shutdown.
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Hardball
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_ 		24. April 2009 @ 17:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks for the reply! i see and feel the fan spinning. now i have a problem of the computer LCD going dim. this just happened after i tested it with the wet trick test now i my laptop screen is very faint; its barely visible. i can only see it when i put a lamp up to it. i doubt that this was suppose to happen but the laptop hasn't shutdown ever since this occured it seems like my problems are growing i thank you for the fixing my shutdown problem but do you have any ideas for why my LCD screen goes dim? is it linked to the fan? thanks once again
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ddp
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_ 		24. April 2009 @ 17:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
are you running off battery or external power because if battery the screen will dim a bit but not to what you describe? sounds like a backlight problem. backlight is the light source just behind the lcd screen.
Service Manual link
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy...en/SM/index.htm
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