Monday, April 1, 2019

troubleshooting - Why does movement cause my laptop to reboot?

My IBM Thinkpad T40 laptop keeps rebooting. It happens especially frequently when I physically move the machine. Sometimes, even a slight movement will trigger a reboot.


However, I have been able to keep the machine up and running for hours at a time, when I've been able to not physically move the laptop.


Is this a common problem? Is it a spyware/adware issue? The laptop is four years old; are its parts just not screwed in as tightly as they used to be anymore? What can I do about it?

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