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Anyone who knows something about laptops?

My Samsung laptop, now about 5 years old, is having issues. It keeps shutting down on me.
I don't know what the problem is, but when I do too much at the same time, it just shuts down, like it hasn't got enough power to keep doing what it's supposed to lol.

Could it be a power thing or could it be the fan overheating? I don't know...but hope I can get it fixed.

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htoad34 · 36-40, M

If the laptop is completely shutting down without any error messages, the issue is almost certainly hardware related. Either the CPU is overheating or something on the motherboard is going bad. I assume you have a power cord plugged into the laptop and not running entirely on the battery.

If the laptop starts back up after being off for a few minutes, that sounds like an overheating issue. Unfortunately, 5 years is almost ancient when it comes to computers. You may want to start looking at a newer computer. Laptops are fairly cheap now, as not as many people want to use them. More people seem to just use a tablet or even smartphone.