So, as I mentioned, my lapton is no longer function...sort of.
A while ago, my monitor started becoming distorted, almost pixelated. It resembled the effect that a computer virus would have on a computer in a Hollywood movie...just looked really bizarre, then it stopped responding. I could still to a hard power off, but when I tried to turn it back on, the screen slowly turned a light gray-ish color and didn't do anything else.
After a while (a week or so). I turned it back on again, to see what would happen. To my surprise, it booted up perfectly. I took this opportunity to transfer important files to a flash drive. But after about 5 minutes, it had the same problem. I've done this several times, slowly getting all my data. Then I noticed something. The fan does not come on at all. Could this be the problem? The machine is overheating, maybe? Does this sound like the symptoms of such? What else could it be? I could easily replace the fan for about $20, so, that would be a good alternative.
Thanks in advance.