Ugh! I've been having computer problems. Poor Hotch, I feel for him. *pets* He, apparently, hasn't been feeling too well lately. He's been over-heating a little bit, shutting himself down when he does so, and then tonight when I tried to shut him down before going to watch Criminal Minds, he was having a hard time even wanting to do that and I had to do a hard manual shut-down, which is something that I just don't like doing.
But, when I started him back up to check my email and to just check and make sure that he wasn't sick enough that he wouldn't re-start, he seemed to be working just fine. I'm getting worried guys, because he's my baby and I've done my best to baby him for the last year and a half. In July, it'll be two years and I'll have to re-new my warranty on him to stay covered, but this getting over-heated and shutting himself down two or three times, is about to make me bonkers.
So, I'm thinking of investing in a chill-mat and seeing how that works. I also keep him plugged in, as in always using the wall charter and I'm wondering if that could be partially the cause of the problems, like maybe I shouldn't be doing that and I should only be using the wall charger when I'm actually using him. I mean, my battery works just fine, but since I utilize him so often, it's just second nature for me to use the wall charger instead of running my battery down and all that.
Plus, I've been shutting him down whenever I'm going to be away from him for long stretches at a time. You guys have any other suggestions or tips, any advice?!