
It either overheats and shuts off, or the charger/battery is not working. Take a moment to clean the components properly if a computer randomly shuts down, and check your video card fan, case fans, and processor fan. Most likely, one of the leading causes of random device shutdowns is overheating. You can also troubleshoot the fans and air vents using this link: FAQs About Laptop Shut Downs Why would a laptop shut off randomly? Then choose Safe Mode with Networking once the computer has entered Advanced Boot Option.Ĭheck to see if it’s happening in safe mode with networking.On the Dell Logo Screen, keep tapping F8.

If the test passes, move on to the next step.

(THIS SETTING should stop the colour cycle right? it must be broken as it does nothing) It should be noted that I also have the "Enable device startup effect when starting the device" option turned OFF in the g560 settings. My thought is that if the speakers can turn off totally when PC is asleep why do they colour cycle when shutdown? (I think it has something to do with the LGS Software is terminated during a shutdown but not a sleep) If I shutdown the PC the g560 lights just colour cycle and only ever turn off If I manually hit the power button on the lower right speaker. In my testing thus far - I've found that if I set my computer to go to "SLEEP" instead of "SHUTDOWN" ALL the lights on the G560 turn off and do exactly what I want them too.
