I have a older HP ze1000 laptop. It has an AMD (not sure which) processor, small hard drive, etc. Very basic machine. I don't do any heavy duty gaming or anything, just browsing and playing yahoo games. Anyway, I recently took the case apart and replaced the power adapter jack on the MOBO. After I put it back together, it was charging correctly and seemed to be working perfectly. Then it turned itself off. I restarted it, same thing, several times; it won't stay on longer than 10 minutes, tops.
When I had the fan and heatsink out, I inadvertently put the heatsink down on a glass surface, and probably wiped all the cooling compound off. So I took it all apart and applied the cooling compound. Still same problem. While it IS on, I don't hear my fan running. Is it possible that the fan is just not cooling and it is simply overheating? Or is something bigger possibly causing my problem, and what might that be?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Mary
When I had the fan and heatsink out, I inadvertently put the heatsink down on a glass surface, and probably wiped all the cooling compound off. So I took it all apart and applied the cooling compound. Still same problem. While it IS on, I don't hear my fan running. Is it possible that the fan is just not cooling and it is simply overheating? Or is something bigger possibly causing my problem, and what might that be?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Mary