My laptop shuts down randomly when I travel abroad?
I'm in France with an American laptop and it shuts down at random times (around an hour or so), no warning or anything. Just turns off - a problem I never had in the States. I'm not supposed to have to use a converter because it's rated for 120/240 V. I live in an older building (1800's built) and maybe it's not good for surge protection or something? Also my sister's laptop battery which we just bought last Christmas is completely dead. Could it be the same kind of problem?
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Answer 1 :
You're not saying what laptop you have or the make of the battery/power system so this is only a generic answer: You might need to buy a converter, France is 220-240 V at 50 Hz, check what Hz is your computer. The age of the building should not have anything to do with it as long as the electricity system is regularly updated (I lived in a 1600's building without a hitch or a computer hiccup for years). If you have an old system you might want to buy a surge protector, small variations can make your computer shut down or burn out your battery. As well, the quality of your power system / battery can be the source of the problem, a cheap one will not be able to handle the difference and will get your computer to shut down or burn out your battery.
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