My laptop has once again started to mysteriously and spontaneously shut down. I called Toshiba and they told me to remove the battery to see if that might be the cause. Twelve hours or so later, the computer shut down. The battery wasn’t the problem. I called the service center Toshiba provided and spoke to a technician. He told me I would have to leave my laptop with them for a WEEK! I told him that would be difficult.
“Honey, everyone says that.”
“Well I mean it!”
“Let me try to save you some time, dear…”
He then told me to turn my laptop over and look at the fan.
“If your computer is turning off, it’s because it is overheating. All we do is blow some compressed air in there to get rid of the dust clogging the fan.”
The fan looked fine but I had my father bring over some compressed air and we shot it in there. My fingers are crossed that this is all it needed. We shall see if it turns off today.