Posts by StevenJDM

After assembling it together multiple times due to the charger wire not being able to work, I've got everything working and put back together now. The temps were at around 75C then slowly went down to 52-55C at idle. I believe that is...

Okay I finally disassembled it and saw that there was dust build up by the vents. Here are some pictures of what it looked like.     Could this be the reason why I am having this problem? I also got some pictures...

I've been told I probably needed to repaste since thermal paste can go bad after a time if it weren't properly installed. How would I go about doing this?   Thank you for your help.

I believe the system thinks it is running at high temperatures which is causing it to shut down for safety just like you mentioned. What could I do about that? Should I get a new sensor? Is there any settings I could get into so it...

Thanks for the detailed replies. That last comment I made was posted the same time as yours so I didn't notice it until just now.   Now, I took that screenshot of the temps at about 5-8 minutes later from a cold start up....

Here are the temps if it helps.  

Sup guys I have a HP Pavilion dv5z-1000 and lately it's been giving me some power issues. At first when I would power it on, it stays on for about 10-15 minutes then powers off by itself. After it would shut off, I powered it on and...