Hi...I'm really puzzled by my computer. all of a sudden it's only worked if i tilt the laptop to a 90 degree angle! not just the screen, but the whole system. this means resting the computer on my chest to type and looking down at the screen. the whole thing freezes if i lay it flat! what's going on?! it seems to overheat when laid flat too. it's driving me nuts! the fan seems to work when it's flat but the disk just desn't do a thing.
thanks in advance for any help
chrisI am puzzled too. But since I can't quite see the make/model or any details about it, especially what preceded this, etc. we will have to wait for you to enlighten us. SIMPLE - you have a faulty connection. Could be anywhere. OPENING up a laptop is not GENERALLY easy. If you don't fancy doing it yourself, get someone you trust to service it. Might not be fixable though without replacing some expensive parts.thanks. hmm. i feel STUPID typing like this. you should see me, the computer is pretty much attatched to my chest. anyhow, the computer is an acer aspire 1520 with 512mb of ram 2600 intel celeron and a 40gb drive with xp, if that helps, but i'm kinda going with the faulty connection. thanks DUDE. If it's under warranty I would run to the service center!hi...i cant see a loose connection anywhere. i did forget to mention that windows performs a disk check everytime i boot up. this takes forever. also if i try to defrag it schedules chkdsk next time i boot before i can defrag, but stil never lets me defrag. could it be the disk needs replacing?Could be a little more than a hard drive failure... You haven't said - is it still under warranty? If not, personally I would sell the laptop and buy a secondhand replacement.

If you're in the UK and would like a hand with that, send me a PM.