Dell D600 powers down unexpectedly

[Woodie]

My Dell D600 runs fine except it will suddenly power down without any warning. There is a 'click' from the rear of the laptop and all goes dead. It will power right back up and may run for a couple hours or 30 seconds and down it goes, totally unpredictable.

I did replace the screen hinges a few months ago but had no problems until about a week ago. Acts like a loose power connection but I haven't been able to locate it yet.

Any ideas?
thanks
Woodie

 

[Tedster]

The click is probably your hard drive powering down and going into lock mode for transportation. Read here: https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic53864.html