My HP Pavilion dv6 shuts itself down randomly

[I Dont Want a Name]

The title is the problem. Its missing a hard drive and has a bad battery. I boot into linux from a usb when it is plugged into the wall, but it randomly shuts down (although it does have time to properly boot). If I turn it on again immediately after, it shuts down immediately. If I wait a little bit, it will run again for a little (a couple minutes) and shuts down. I opened it up and cleaned the fan and applied thermal paste to the cpu. The problem persists. If you need any more information to help fix the problem, just ask.

PS: When it last shut down, it was at 45 degrees C.

I had time to download psensor on Linux mint and that is where I got my temps

 

[alexoiu]

Try firstly testing different power supply, if possible.

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

Try firstly testing different power supply, if possible.

Its a laptop

 

[mcnumpty23]

those are notorious for overheating and shutting down

 

[alexoiu]

Oops, sorry for not checking.

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

those are notorious for overheating and shutting down

Do you know what temp causes it to shut down?

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

Oops, sorry for not checking.

its ok

 

[mcnumpty23]

those are notorious for overheating and shutting down

Do you know what temp causes it to shut down?

sorry but no i dont know the actual temperature --but if you google dv6 overheating you will see what i mean

usually you have to clean out the heatsink fins and while you have it apart put some decent thermal paste on

those models are as well known for it as the other HP cock up with the gpu solder breaking down

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

those are notorious for overheating and shutting down

Do you know what temp causes it to shut down?

sorry but no i dont know the actual temperature --but if you google dv6 overheating you will see what i mean

usually you have to clean out the heatsink fins and while you have it apart put some decent thermal paste on

those models are as well known for it as the other HP cock up with the gpu solder breaking down

I applied new thermal paste and cleaned the fan. What do you mean when you say gpu solder break down?

 

[mcnumpty23]

sorry i missed you cleaned it and applied thermal paste

i have problems reading blocks of text

the dv 2 series the gpu solder used to start desoldering itself when it got hot

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

sorry i missed you cleaned it and applied thermal paste

i have problems reading blocks of text

the dv 2 series the gpu solder used to start desoldering itself when it got hot

what do you think the problem is then? I looked everywhere for my kind of case but couldnt find an answer

 

[mcnumpty23]

still sounds like overheating--though i have no idea how accurate psensor is

i would turn it on and see if it shows the temperature in the bios--if it does keep an eye on how high it goes

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

still sounds like overheating--though i have no idea how accurate psensor is

i would turn it on and see if it shows the temperature in the bios--if it does keep an eye on how high it goes

I tried that and the BIOS is very difficult to maneuver. I could not find temperatures.

Im not even sure that the BIOS has temp monitoring software in it.

 

[mcnumpty23]

not every laptop bios does--and its been ages since i had a dv6 in my hands so cant remember if it does

the fact that you cant turn it straight back on suggests overheating

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

not every laptop bios does--and its been ages since i had a dv6 in my hands so cant remember if it does

the fact that you cant turn it straight back on suggests overheating

yeah i know

 

[mcnumpty23]

might be a silly question--but the fan is actually working?

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

might be a silly question--but the fan is actually working?

lol yes but its very quiet

 

[mcnumpty23]

had to ask--you never know

it should get louder as it heats up--possibly its not speeding up enough

but overheating is my only idea

have you tried one of those laptop coolers?

 

[I Dont Want a Name]

had to ask--you never know

it should get louder as it heats up--possibly its not speeding up enough

but overheating is my only idea

have you tried one of those laptop coolers?

a cooler that u put the laptop on and it blows up into it. if so, then yes

it didnt solve the problem.

i tried to increase fan speed but cant find it in the BIOS

and the fan doesnt speed up as the computer heats up and shuts down