power on problem

[billsbarg]

I have a HP Pavilion dv9000 120 gb hard drive with windows vista :(Last week I was having trouble connecting to my home network and I sometimes restart my laptop and it will reconnect to the network. This is what I had done and when it restarted it went into an automatic checkdisk mode with the statement that I could cancel or continue but windows vista strongly advises to continue. So I let it continue. After it was done it rebooted and was working fine. Was connected to network and on the internet when i just turned off. I pushed the power button and it came back on and got almost through the boot up when it shout off again and would not turn on again. I let it sit for about 12 hours and tried it again and it powered on again. It worked for about two days and it shout off in the middle of me using it and I could never get it to turn on again. HELP what could be the problem?

[Fed]

When a computer just shuts down without warning the problem is usually heat related.
Are the vents free of dust buildup and is the the fan running?
Are you using it on a hard flat surface in a cool area?

[billsbarg]

Yes to all your questions. I thought that the checkdisk that it done might have something to do with my problem?

[Fed]

But it worked OK after checkdisk (scandisk?) didn't it?

It still sounds heat related to me.

[billsbarg]

It only worked about 3 minutes.

[Fed]

I let it sit for about 12 hours and tried it again and it powered on again. It worked for about two days and it shout off in the middle of me using it and I could never get it to turn on again. HELP what could be the problem?

Does it start at all now, if not try starting in safe mode.

It still sounds heat related to me.