Well as long as your laptop is sitting on a hard surface so it can always
have ventilation and if you do not see dust collected on the bottom vents
then it is probably not a ventilation problem. If there is dust on the vents
such it out with a vacuum cleaner,
"Lisa" wrote in message
> How could I determine if it's ventilation?
>
> "Curious" wrote in message
>> If you still have audio then your laptop is not freezing up just your
>> graphics card is freezing up.
>> Is there any possibility that your laptop is overheating due to lack of
>> adequate ventilation through the vents on the bottom?
>> "Lisa" wrote in message
>>
>>> I'm having a problem watching videos. About an hour into a movie, I lose
>>> the video. My laptop freezes up and my screen goes black, although I
>>> still have audio. I have to power it down and then restart Windows
>>> normally. I have NVIDIA GeForce GO 7150 graphics w. 1071 mb shared
>>> video. It is set to "Let 3D Application Decide". Can anyone tell me what
>>> I need to do to stop these abnormal shutdowns?
>>>
>>> HP Pavilion Laptop
>>> AMD Turion 64x2 Dual Core Mobile Technology TL-60 2.00 GHz
>>> 3 GB memory
>>> 32 bit OS
>>> 250GB Hard Drive
>>>
>>>
>>
> >> Stay informed about: Problem With Video 
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