Last night my laptop died on me. I was working on it and it just switched off all of a sudden.
This has happened to me before when the laptop overheated. Indeed, I noticed that the right back side of the laptop was very hot, so I thought I'd do as I usually do: unplug it, take the battery out and let it cool off a while.
But, as you might have guessed, it doesn't restart. When I press the button there is no indication that the computer has done anything at all. No noise, no lights, nothing.
I then noticed that the power adaptor light was flashing. Usually the light on the power adaptor is always on, whether the laptop is connected to it or not, but when I connect it to the laptop it starts flashing, almost as if it's tripping out and restarting continually.
So I unplugged the laptop and left it. I came back to it later and noticed that it was making a clicking noise (even though it's turned off). I picked it up and again the right back corner of the laptop was very hot. So I quickly whipped the battery out and the clicking stopped.
I'm a bit worried that there's a short circuit somewhere inside the laptop. It's past it's warranty. Do any of you know if there's anything I can do or am I royally screwed? This is the laptop on which I keep all my work, and I've been predictably lazy with backups, the last backup being a couple of months old...
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