Frequent Vista Crash with no blue screen

Frequent Vista Crash with no blue screen

Using Vista and iTunes 8.2.1.6 the OS will just shut off (no blue screen, no warning of any kind) on my docked TSeries ThinkPad. I mention iTunes because it seems to happen most often when downloading large files (like podcasts). It happens 2-3 times a week and I download podcasts daily so it's not too terrible. But I was hoping someone somewhere has seen this behavior. I have yet to come across anybody complaining about this with recent versions of iTunes.

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Guest [Entry]

"You may want to look into the possibility of the laptop overheating. That often causes random shut offs and restarts. Is the computer very hot to touch anywhere when it shuts off?

First, install a CPU temperature monitor such as RealTemp, or see this SU question.

If any of the temperature readings are above 60 degrees Celsius, you may be overheating. Are the vent fans working?

Here are steps you can take to cool down your computer:

Blow compressed air into the vents to clear out dust.
Open up the laptop and blow out the cpu fan/vents with compressed air.
Make sure the CPU heatsink is firmly planted on the CPU. If not, replant with thermal paste."

Guest [Entry]

About the only thing I have to add to the other solutions here is the possibility of the power system being shot, but I think Matias has the most likely answer.