I just retart it and won't boot

when i press the power button the computer go on for 5-7 sec i hear the fan and the HDD running but the screen stay black and poof it turn off itselft
I check the fan / remove the dust / check the HDD / check the memory
all is looking find

idk
anyone have an idea?

the warranty is done ofc

i think ill just charsie it

This post was edited by ThorBrother on Oct 11 2011 07:40pm

It's almost certainly overheating. There's probably a problem with the heatsink. You might need to take off and reattach your heatsink. If you think that's the cause, make absolutely sure you have thermal paste since that's a necessary component to keep your CPU from overheating.

hmm I am not sure ...

can that help ?

Did you REALLY just cover up your barcodes to protect your privacy or something? If I were you I'd have used mspaint instead of cutting out little pieces of paper though, lol.

But anyway, I'm pretty sure the heat sink is the thing you took off between the first and the 2nd pictures. You had to remove screws 1, 2, 3, and 4 to remove it.

You see how there's a bit of silver goo stuck on the back? Well, you need to scrape that off (and off the side it was attached, but do it gently -- you should probably read instructions online for how to do it, IMO) and you'll need to reapply more thermal paste right where it was before. There are guides on how to do that online, and you can Google to see where you can buy the thermal paste. Don't skimp on it, of course, since this stuff is important. Arctic Silver is a good brand for it.

If you have ever removed this piece before and your problems started afterward, this is almost certainly the cause. The thermal paste and heat sink are no longer drawing enough heat away from the CPU and it's causing it to overheat, so the computer is shutting itself off to protect itself.

This post was edited by bentherdonethat on Oct 11 2011 10:53pm

idk if is important or not, i rather do this then make a big mistake
but i don't think u need barcodes anyways...

I start my computer several times and it's always the same story maybe the CPU meltdown but when I thouch the processor it become really hot in max 3sec i was suprise...
what kind of thermal paste I should use?

This post was edited by ThorBrother on Oct 12 2011 02:03am

take out ram sticks

try them one at a time.

I try to interchange them but notting, even without ....
same story

i think it supose to make a beep sound or something if it's about ram problem


This post was edited by ThorBrother on Oct 12 2011 02:02am