[Seagullfeather]

Hi, thanks for that.  Since the fan works I'll give that a go, will have to be tomorrow though cause I'll need to borrow a small screwdriver from my Dad

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No problem and thanks for getting back to us 

[phillpower2]

No problem and thanks for getting back to us 

[Seagullfeather]

Hi Phillpower 2 I know its late but a quick update.  I did as you suggested and since then the lappy has been running fine for 5 hours now without cutting out.  It downloaded over a hundred updates and it seems a lot better.  I daren't say its cured though, don't want to jinx myself   Thanks once again for your invaluable help.

Edited by Seagullfeather, 31 October 2015 - 07:22 PM.

[phillpower2]

Hello Seagullfeather,

 

No worries about the time as being in the UK I was fast asleep in any event 

 

Fingers crossed for you that all is now well, post a Speccy url for us when you can so we can take a look at some hard drive information.

 

You are welcome   

[Seagullfeather]

Hi, have managed to get some free time to run Speccy and I'll post the URL as soon as I can. Thanks once again

[Seagullfeather]

Here we go: http://speccy.pirifo...gWqw2EAHBu3sNqk

Hope I've done this right.  Many thanks again.

[phillpower2]

Speccy is flagging up a HDD issue;

 

Storage

 

Hard drives

 

TOSHIBA MK2046GSX ATA Device

Manufacturer: 

TOSHIBA

Heads: 

16

Cylinders: 

24,321

Tracks: 

6,201,855

Sectors: 

390,716,865

SATA type: 

SATA-I 1.5Gb/s

Device type: 

Fixed

ATA Standard: 

ATA8-ACS

Serial Number: 

Z7GWF64CS

Firmware Version Number: 

LB013M

LBA Size: 

48-bit LBA

Power On Count: 

12111 times

Power On Time: 

847.2 days

Features: 

S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ

Max. Transfer Mode: 

SATA I 1.5Gb/s

Used Transfer Mode: 

SATA I 1.5Gb/s

Interface: 

SATA

Capacity: 

186 GB

Real size: 

200,049,647,616 bytes

RAID Type: 

None

S.M.A.R.T

Status: 

Warning

Temperature: 

34 °C

Temperature Range: 

OK (less than 50 °C)

 

Consider creating a back up image of the HDD using Macrium Reflect (free) which you can download from here

[Seagullfeather]

Okay, I will do.  Many thanks for all your help.

[phillpower2]

You are most welcome 

 

Do you consider the issue now resolved, can we help with anything else.

[Seagullfeather]

Yes I do and I'm pleased to say I have no further problems.  Thank you so much Phillpower 2 for your generous help, advice and time and best wishes to you.

[phillpower2]

You are most welcome and thank you for your kind words Seagullfeather