Major Laptop Issues

[bigredmachine878]

Hi, I am having a big problem with my hp zt1170 notebook. I was using it last night and all of a sudden the screen went blank, the mouse, keyboard, and wifi card lights went out, and the hard drive stopped clicking, but i could hear it spinning (thats my best description). It stays powered on. When i turn it off and restart it the problem starts right when i turn it on. If i wait a while (30 mins or so) I can turn it back on and have it working for a while before it happens again. When this happens i see the blue screen of death quickly flash and then its gone and everything is blank. I know this sounds confusing but does anyone know what this could be and have any suggestions?

thanks, sid

update: i was using it while it was working a minute ago and all of a sudden everything froze but the monitor did not turn off this time. the screen was completely frozen and there was nothing i could do.

 

[The_Other_One]

Get yourself some program to monitor heat. Speedfan sometimes works. While at work a while back, someone came in with a similar problem. As it turned out, the machine was overheating due to a horribly poor design for the docking station(blocked the fans) It ran great so long as it had good air flow.