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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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Pretzel · 61-69, M

did you ever get it figured out? I'm thinking you may have some lint built up in the cooling fan or the fan may have died - it will shut down if it overheats

KellyBear · 41-45, F

yes I had someone check it out for me. There was indeed lint built up in the cooling fan but I was lucky that it was still okay once it was clean.

It's working better again now, after a reformat as well and all the updates, and a cooler to put the laptop on....all of that together works, so I will be enjoying my laptop for a while longer :-)

Pretzel · 61-69, M

yeah, I've taken mine apart before and it looked like it has a piece of felt in it - the fan was blowing but couldn't move any air.

glad it worked for you!