The last couple of weeks, my laptop (6 years old Lenovo Thinkpad E555, Windows 10, updated) has been randomly shutting down. I mean I am working one second and the next, screen goes black, won't awake as if sleeping, I press the power button and I see the bootup screen.
This happened a few minutes ago, and I just ran speccy and it highlighted (red numbers) the temp for my chip, around 140C, as well as for my SSD hard drive, around 55C.
When I put my ear close to where I usually hear the fan, I can hear at least what I think the fan is, running at the lowest volume. But it is absolutely not the loud level that I've heard in the past.
So are these numbers very high--and should my fan be switching to a higher level? Is that why the computer is shutting down?
FWIW, this is rather subjective, but I'm pretty sure I've felt the area where the chip is located, to be much hotter than it is now. It is hot, but not the absolutely hottest that its been. At those times, the fan has been fairly loud.
I'm doing all windows suggested updates, and after a reboot, I'll go to the Lenovo driver site and update all suggested drivers there, as well. I'll report back if that does anything.
I've already decided after purchasing a new keyboard and upgrading new ram in the last couple of years, that I'd do no more repairs on this---instead of replacing a fan, I'd just get a new laptop. So if I CAN keep this rig going for a while longer, I'd like to squeeze another year out of it. But it will have to be with duck tape, not with new hardware.
This happened a few minutes ago, and I just ran speccy and it highlighted (red numbers) the temp for my chip, around 140C, as well as for my SSD hard drive, around 55C.
When I put my ear close to where I usually hear the fan, I can hear at least what I think the fan is, running at the lowest volume. But it is absolutely not the loud level that I've heard in the past.
So are these numbers very high--and should my fan be switching to a higher level? Is that why the computer is shutting down?
FWIW, this is rather subjective, but I'm pretty sure I've felt the area where the chip is located, to be much hotter than it is now. It is hot, but not the absolutely hottest that its been. At those times, the fan has been fairly loud.
I'm doing all windows suggested updates, and after a reboot, I'll go to the Lenovo driver site and update all suggested drivers there, as well. I'll report back if that does anything.
I've already decided after purchasing a new keyboard and upgrading new ram in the last couple of years, that I'd do no more repairs on this---instead of replacing a fan, I'd just get a new laptop. So if I CAN keep this rig going for a while longer, I'd like to squeeze another year out of it. But it will have to be with duck tape, not with new hardware.