My computer broke, it sucks

It won't turn on and when it does it will open and then crash after like 3 minutes. BIos Diagnostic says there is no material damage. I thought reinitializing would solve it and it did but then I closed the lid and now it doesn't work.

@louiscouture How old is it and where does it live? I see this behavior on older machines that have bad fans, dust, or other heat related issues. Check both the CPU and GPU fans and heat sinks. Also because it is an easy thing to fix, check the condition of the bios battery anything below 3.05v is suspect.

@louiscouture Well, so much for that idea. I haven't seen a new system since 2018.

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I was looking over the shoulder of our electronic tech these last 20 years, and often he saved computer main board by replacing electrolytic capacitors.

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