Hi All,

I have this weird shut down problem since 2 days. The laptop keeps shutting down randomly. When i first try to turn it on, it stays up to 10 mins and then shuts down. Next turn on durations are about 3-5 mins.

I thought it may be due to overheating so i downloaded speedfan and check the temperatures. They are all changing between 40-60 C. I bought a cooling pad but still shuts down. Also i kept getting this error "One of your disks need to be checked for compatability".

Then i took out all parts, cleaned the fans, and replaced all parts (hard drive, cmos battery, fan etc) again. But even after cleaning the fan the problem continues. Btw, the fan seems working fine, and the laptop is not hot at all.

Then i try a diagnostic at start by pressing f12. I got an 2000-0146 error on hard drive. Searched this error and it looks like the hard drive is malfunctioning. The laptop still shuts down during diagnostics. So i couldnt really finish the diagnostics anyway. Everything but Hard drive passed the test, but the test could go up to CPUs.

I also tried with and without the battery to check if this is a power problem, but in both cases the laptop shuts down.

So overheating or power does not really seem to be problem but i am not sure. As far as i think, a malfunctioning hard drive will not cause a shut down. I will definately buy a new hard drive, but first i need to know what causes the shut down.

Also, i have a lot of important information in the hard drive, but the problem is the laptop can only stay up to 10 mins, so i am not able to pull the data.

So any ideas about the shutting down problem and getting the data from the hard drive will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks yall in advance.