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Test to see if your PSU's fan is running while powered. If it is it is still functional but it probably went bad.

Can you attempt to get into the BIOS? Does the system perform a POST before power cycling?

Restart your PC. If this does not fix it, ensure your drivers are up to date by going to the vendor specific website and installing the latest drivers. If it still does not work, unplug the keyboard and plug it into another USB port.

Reseat the battery, if you cannot remove the battery plug it into a power source.

Possible, yes. Ideal? No. You will experience a lot of issues doing this. There are a lot of things that come into play when upgrading hardware, especially on Laptops because it is deemed as is by the manufacturer and only intend on HDD and Ram replacement, not full overhauls of hardware, doing...

The fans were probably poorly soldered or the soldering broke since they were installed. Another reason may be that the fans weren't soldered but instead cabled into a port which was not responding properly due to a rootkit virus. Many reasons can be the cause of the fan not working, to prevent...

Unless your warranty is expired or voided, please refer to your manufacturer. This is hardware failure, most likely motherboard, soldering issue.

For daily computing, and also gaming friendly with a one time payment of $25.00 USD, http://www.malwarebytes.org/ I've owned a copy for 4 years, I've never had issues, it is not noticeable or overwhelming and it is cheap and very high quality for the price. Good Luck, -Mind