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Question posted by asplworkshop on June 18th, 2013

My Compact 420 Laptop On & Stop Working Before Show Compact Page So How To This

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Answer #1: Posted by DreadPirateRoberts on July 31st, 2013 5:46 AM
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It could be a be a thermal shutdown, the heatsink make not be contacting the CPU properly.Could be it is overclocking. Could be a bad drive.

The best thing to do is take it to a pc tech.

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