Specs:
Sager branded Clevo P170EM
16gb ddr 3
AMD 7970M
i7-3820QM
BIOS 1.00.04bLS2
I'm working on this laptop for a friend and it will NOT stay on more than a couple minutes before it shuts down. I have tried everything that i can think of and it still shuts down. Im thinking it some kind of thermal or video card problem but I cant quite narrow it down.
here are the things i have tied:
cleaned/re greased both fans.
cleaned all heat sinks fins
lapped and reapplied thermal paste
reapplied thermal tape to the GPU
replaced CMOS battery
reset CMOS
removed/reinstalled all drivers for iGPU an the 7970
tested all ram in a seperate latop top individually
swapped fans to test headers
After all of this it still will beep about 20-22 times and shut down it is in no way getting hot the fans still spin but the computer still shuts down.
What else can i try ? I can't be the only one who has this problem. I've added a file that show the bios version.