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    Dell Inspiron n5010 wont Stay on

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kdcad, Jan 24, 2014.

  1. kdcad

    kdcad Newbie

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    Hi all,

    Hoping for some help. My other half has a Inspiron n5010 and yesterday it started shutting down after only a few minutes of being turned on, what could be causing this??
    The Laptop is about 4 years old, i took it apart and it all looks clean in there as my thought was it could be fan full with dust.

    Thanks
     
    kdcad, Jan 24, 2014
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    What are the actual temps when the laptop shuts down?
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 25, 2014
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  3. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds like your GPU is starting to fail if it has the AMD GPU then your GPU is dying and causing the shutdown and you should have it reflowed or GPU chip replaced.
     
    StormJumper, Jan 27, 2014
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  4. kdcad

    kdcad Newbie

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    dont have time to take temps it literally last about 1 min after booted to windows. sometimes doesnt even boot to windows.
     
    kdcad, Jan 29, 2014
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  5. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    did you actually remove he heat pipes and inspect them, they can clog up and not really be visible without actually removing them.?

    but the speed of which your shutting down maybe a indication of something else - try swapping memory chips around, including using one at a time in each slot see if that does anything.
     
    dave-p, Jan 29, 2014
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