I have the same problem as you too... the power always cut off suddenly and no timing at all.. BTW I'm using Dell Inspiron 5100.. Win XP SP2.. thankx and appreciation....
Greetings.
Recently i have been troubled with my notebook suddenly cutting off all power.
Could anyone help me figure out whats wrong? If the problem is inside or a hardware issue? etc..
I am using a Toshiba Satellite A10 running XP.
Cheers.

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