Posts by NMEisyou

- update - I took my laptop apart again to make sure I didn't have any loose wires, etc. Everything seemed to be in it's right place, so I closed it back up and when I plugged it back in the power LED lit up normally and it booted...

Thanks for the link! I took your advice and applied new thermal paste and it worked great for about 4 hours! Unfortunately, I decided to shut the lid of the laptop which sent it into Hibernation mode and as usual, the computer crashed...

My 7426GX is about 4 years old and was running great until about 6-8 months ago. It started shutting itself down randomly and without warning. The fans would start blowing at full speed for about 4-6 seconds and then instantly shut...