Facing Computer Issues

[ToiletMaster]

Hi there guys,

 

This questions is particularly for people who have slightly more experience in computer hardware as i'm currently facing one issue which is really really..... annoying me lol.

 

Well first off, here's my specs for starters.

 

Dell Vostro 3700

Processor : i5 450m 2.4ghz up to 2.6ghz

RAM : 3GB

GPU : GT 330m | Intel HD Graphics

 

So here's the problem, initially, my laptop is able to run crysis 2 smoothly and all, resident evil 5 DX 10 high settings without anti-aliasing was fine as well, no lag nor any spike at all.

 

However as time goes by, i believe dust was the issue here and i was right, my laptop starting shutting down by itself once it reaches a certain temperature, (I've tried stress testing it and it was 100C to be exact before it shuts down).

 

So, i was ignorant of this problem at first until it started happening more often till the point i couldn't play high end processing games. I needed a USB fan which was strong enough to blow at my ventilation to cool it down for me to play games. It worked for awhile but stopped in the future due to massive amounts of dust.

 

So i sent it to a laptop specialist, they managed to resolve the issue including the price of breaking my wi-fi card,

 

off topic:

(When i told them it wasn't working, they said "You din't let us check your hardware before sending it for us to repair) i was like "omg" and i suck it up and got a USB wifi instead, normal speed but wasn't as good as my internal wi-fi card but it was a necessity i guess)

 

Back To Topic:

 

Once i got it back, My laptop looked like a real beauty this time! I went and played all games high again and it din't shut down. It was great till today. Just 2 days ago i was playing Tomb Raider and finished the game with decent settings. And now, not sure what happened, but it just continued to shut-down very quickly compared to before without reaching the heat.

 

the problem has became so bad that, it wouldn't even allow to reach the main page before it shuts down! I've checked the Event Logs and it was "Unexpected Shutdown Occured".

 

I managed to alt+tab on my game before it shut down to check the temperature and it was only 75, and then poof it shuts down. I dont think it's the dust problem this time since i serviced it for about 4 months only. Even browedit crashes my laptop!

 

Again, this problem happened today. So i'm really at a loss here. Any advice from anyone? Should i do a reformat on my laptop or could it be a hardware issue?

 

(I've switched to Intel Graphics HD to make sure i dont shut down so right it's fine as long as i dont switch my graphic card)

 

ok, after really playing around i found out the cause lol,

 

seems that my wiring for my charger is faulty. needs to adjust around then only can get the power ._.

 

i feel kinda stupid after posting this lol. anyways, it's solved now lol

Edited March 10, 2013 by ToiletMaster