You're welcome, Peter. And I think Chris is probably right, that the component that is "failing" here is the battery. Anyhoo, let's hope so because that would be cheapest, simplest thing to fix. Diana > Hi Diana > > It's not my computer actually. My friend told me about the > problem and I asked the List. He bought it from new a couple > of years ago and has been working fine until now. I doubt > whether anyone else has been using it. > > I have passed on your message to him. > > Many thanks > > Peter > >

If not the battery - then it could be a failing CPU or related chipset and that is NOT what you want to find. There are some simple diagnostics that interrogate the chipset. However, if the PC is not yours, then you wouldn't want to become involved with those. It would be a job for a trusted repair shop - trusted not just to say "buy a new one" without first bothering to find out what is wrong. Chris -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diana Gale Matthiesen Sent: 19 August 2009 17:08 To: Peter-redfern@runbox.com; computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] CPU You're welcome, Peter. And I think Chris is probably right, that the component that is "failing" here is the battery. Anyhoo, let's hope so because that would be cheapest, simplest thing to fix. Diana > Hi Diana > > It's not my computer actually. My friend told me about the > problem and I asked the List. He bought it from new a couple > of years ago and has been working fine until now. I doubt > whether anyone else has been using it. > > I have passed on your message to him. > > Many thanks > > Peter > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message