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When powered on and in use, the surfaces of the laptop becomes extremely hot and may shut off without warning.

  • Your cooling fan uses an electric motor in order to spin and properly remove heat from the system. It is possible that the has prematurely broken or become blocked by debris. If so, you will be required to replace the cooling fan and bracket assembly.You can find the cooling fan replacement guide here.

  • Your battery gives power to all components in the system. After time, your battery becomes inefficient and may get hot during use or charging. Note that it is not unheard of for your battery to get warm during heavy use while charging.You can find the battery replacement guide here.

During any use of your laptop, your screen will freeze and become unresponsive requiring a restart. During crashes, your screen will freeze for a moment and then get a blue screen saying windows has crashed.

  • Ram acts like a highway for information to move to and from destinations in your laptop. When ram is damaged the computer can only access a fraction of it and can quickly overload it cause a crash. This will require the RAM to be replaced.You can find the RAM replacement guide here.

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  • Components and circuitry can be damaged from use and age. You will need to physically inspect your motherboard for burns or other damage. This will require the motherboard to be replaced.You can find the motherboard replacement guide here.

  • Files in your solid state drive can become corrupted or the solid state drive can become physically damaged itself from dropping. This will require the drive to be replaced.You can find the solid state drive replacement guide here.

  • Damage to your drive will result in lost files that used to work. While solid state drives are typically more reliable than other drives. They still age and might need to be replaced after a few years. This will require the drive to be replaced.You can find the solid state drive replacement guide here.

  • Damaged ram may work properly in a sense all the memory works, but can corrupt files as the ram moves information from them. This will require the RAM to be replaced.You can find the solid state drive replacement guide here.

  • Critical damage to certain parts of your mother can render the board useless completely. To check the motherboard you will have to physically inspect it. You should look around the area where the charger plugs in as well as where the battery connects into the motherboard.You can find the motherboard replacement guide here.

  • The battery receives power through a connection in the motherboard to regulate power going into the battery. If the computer works fine while plugged in but otherwise turns off instantly or doesn’t hold charge when out. The battery needs to be replaced.

You can find the motherboard replacement guide here.

  • A full or nearly full solid state drive will lower speeds when using programs or trying to open new ones. If your drive is above 95% full, consider deleting unnecessary files and temp files. If your drive is not full but is several years old, consider replacing or upgrade to a larger one.You can find the solid state drive replacement guide here.

  • Damaged ram can lower the usable amount of memory available causing problems to slow down. However, if you are running larger programs like games that have a higher requirement, consider upgrading your ram to a larger amount instead of an OEM replacement.You can find the RAM replacement guide here.