I'm looking for some advice from Brady hartsfield types. My laptop was overheating, I put a hardware monitor software on it and it turns out the processor was running at an average of about 70 C and would turn off when it reached about 90 C. So i replaced the old thermal compound on the processor for thermal silicone pads but it got worse, so I replaced them with new paste and it died.
Where as a working laptop would blow the fan strong for a second or 2 when switched on, then the fan would die down and it would boot up, mine blows the fan constantly with no boot up, no post, nothing. No beeps or other noises. I've tried it on just battery, just power cable, and both. The fan is spotless, no bent blades.
My main question is, motherboard or processor? The motherboard looks OK at a glance, no bulged or blown capacitors.
Any ideas?
Where as a working laptop would blow the fan strong for a second or 2 when switched on, then the fan would die down and it would boot up, mine blows the fan constantly with no boot up, no post, nothing. No beeps or other noises. I've tried it on just battery, just power cable, and both. The fan is spotless, no bent blades.
My main question is, motherboard or processor? The motherboard looks OK at a glance, no bulged or blown capacitors.
Any ideas?