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Recently I had this issue that my laptop would keep shutting down possibly because of overheating.
My laptop CPU would reach 70*C extremely quickly after which it would shut down.
I replaced the thermal paste (with arctic mx-4) but that didn't solve the issue so I undervolted the cpu and gpu as well and it seemed to be working.
It didn't solve the problem completely but laptop was usable and wouldn't reach CPU 70*C (shut down temperature) as quickly as before.
It worked fine for a few weeks.
Since yesterday my laptop CPU started reaching the 70*C extremely quick just like before and was totally unusable, so I decided to reinstall the windows (factory reset).
I repeat the process 3 times (I did make pretty long breaks in between to make sure it completely cools down) but every time after getting to 10-15% my laptop would just shut down (overheating?)
Then I opened my laptop and turned it on and noticed that the fan isn't spinning (laptop wasn't under load, was just turned on in windows recovery, so I don't know if it's normal for fan not to spin).
So I reset the ram (took out and inserted again) and cleaned the fan with a straw (battery was disconnected).
After that moment, my laptop won't boot at all. At first my battery indicator was red (it wasn't full) but even after a hour when the battery fully loaded, laptop didn't turn on.
When I press the power button, laptop starts for like 2-3 sec, there is a ticking sound and it turns off immediately, after that power button would just light up for a second every 5-10 seconds but nothing happens.
I didn't make any changes and didn't damage anything in the process, ram was replaced just normally there weren't any difficulties.
Things I tried:
- disconnecting the battery and turning on the laptop with only AC adapter in
- disconnecting the AC adapter and turning the laptop on with only battery in
- removed both rams (one each time) and trying to turn the laptop on with only 1 stick at the time
- "hard reset", holding the power button for 30 sec with everything disconnected
none of these worked..
I was reading a little and it could possibly be the hard drive, but then it wonders me how come hard drive became a failure after just ram reset and cleaning the fan.
EDIT:
I was scared to do this, but I just removed the hard drive AND THE LAPTOP BOOTS.
Should I insert the hard drive again, will anything bad happen? Or do I have do buy a new one?
EDIT V2:
I put the hard drive back in after a few hours and laptop can boot I'm successfully in windows recovery. The battery is still disconnected, it's running on the AC adapter. Is hard drive the problem? I have no idea why it happened earlier please help..
My laptop CPU would reach 70*C extremely quickly after which it would shut down.
I replaced the thermal paste (with arctic mx-4) but that didn't solve the issue so I undervolted the cpu and gpu as well and it seemed to be working.
It didn't solve the problem completely but laptop was usable and wouldn't reach CPU 70*C (shut down temperature) as quickly as before.
It worked fine for a few weeks.
Since yesterday my laptop CPU started reaching the 70*C extremely quick just like before and was totally unusable, so I decided to reinstall the windows (factory reset).
I repeat the process 3 times (I did make pretty long breaks in between to make sure it completely cools down) but every time after getting to 10-15% my laptop would just shut down (overheating?)
Then I opened my laptop and turned it on and noticed that the fan isn't spinning (laptop wasn't under load, was just turned on in windows recovery, so I don't know if it's normal for fan not to spin).
So I reset the ram (took out and inserted again) and cleaned the fan with a straw (battery was disconnected).
After that moment, my laptop won't boot at all. At first my battery indicator was red (it wasn't full) but even after a hour when the battery fully loaded, laptop didn't turn on.
When I press the power button, laptop starts for like 2-3 sec, there is a ticking sound and it turns off immediately, after that power button would just light up for a second every 5-10 seconds but nothing happens.
I didn't make any changes and didn't damage anything in the process, ram was replaced just normally there weren't any difficulties.
Things I tried:
- disconnecting the battery and turning on the laptop with only AC adapter in
- disconnecting the AC adapter and turning the laptop on with only battery in
- removed both rams (one each time) and trying to turn the laptop on with only 1 stick at the time
- "hard reset", holding the power button for 30 sec with everything disconnected
none of these worked..
I was reading a little and it could possibly be the hard drive, but then it wonders me how come hard drive became a failure after just ram reset and cleaning the fan.
EDIT:
I was scared to do this, but I just removed the hard drive AND THE LAPTOP BOOTS.
Should I insert the hard drive again, will anything bad happen? Or do I have do buy a new one?
EDIT V2:
I put the hard drive back in after a few hours and laptop can boot I'm successfully in windows recovery. The battery is still disconnected, it's running on the AC adapter. Is hard drive the problem? I have no idea why it happened earlier please help..
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