dell inspiron 5100

[IneRtia dRaft]

Having problem with dell inspiron 5100 notebook.

The notebook turns off for no reason. Everytime when a program is turned on Example (Game) is running. The notebook tend to shutdown on its own. Any help?

Specificatons:
dell inspiron 5100
2.79 Ghz P4
256MB Ram
40GB
XP Home Sp1

[Play_The_0dds]

would have to test something like this to say for sure....some things to check, power supply(try with the batteries out and just the power cord, could be a bad cell) .

overheating?

could be a small crack on the motherboard(printed circuit)
ram could be going bad...

video settings could be wrong or driver may be corrupt, reinstall the video adapter.then try a driver update if it still happens.

i assume you have done the online virus scans and spyware scans...
there are several other things it could be like if you have added a mouse or usb devices could have a problem driver, windows,program, and anti-virus software updates could be a problem too. just have to go through one at a time to you find the villian.