Aloha everyone. I'm working on a Sony Vaio laptop model PCG-61A14L. The problem I'm facing is that the laptop turns itself off after about 1 minute after powering on. I've tried booting with the AC power connected and disconnected, and with and without the battery. Also tried booting a PE environment from USB and Memtest86+ from CD. All of them fail at about 1 minute, so I'm pretty sure this is hardware-related, and probably heat related.
I removed the hard drive and imaged it with no problems, so I don't think it's the HDD.
Memtest86+ V5.0.1 shows a CPU temp of 50 degrees Celsius right before the system turns off. From what I can find on the web, the max operating temp of the i3-2310M CPU is 85 degrees Celsius, so I don't think that CPU overheating is the problem. (If I can trust what memtest is telling me and the article I found on the web is correct...).
I'm not a hardware guru, so I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Mahalo!
Harry Z.
I removed the hard drive and imaged it with no problems, so I don't think it's the HDD.
Memtest86+ V5.0.1 shows a CPU temp of 50 degrees Celsius right before the system turns off. From what I can find on the web, the max operating temp of the i3-2310M CPU is 85 degrees Celsius, so I don't think that CPU overheating is the problem. (If I can trust what memtest is telling me and the article I found on the web is correct...).
I'm not a hardware guru, so I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Mahalo!
Harry Z.