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Memtest did not report any failures after running for a couple of hours. It looks like the end of the road..

I will use memtest and get back. I have installed the Afterburner tool and I don't see any readings at all. The graph shows the CPU reading but there is nothing much to see as the readings are all zero. Even in the options, my GC is not detected by the software. It is "GPU1"instead of 'nVidia...

Update: I tried using Remix OS but could barely exit the command line interface when the screen descended into black and white bands with multicoloured pixels all over the screen and froze. Regarding the junk characters, it is impossible to read what is on the screen when it goes into command...

Leave it and get a new device??? I don't accept defeat that easily! The laptop is in a usable state. I am just stuck at 1024*768 instead of 1366*768. Youtube seems to run fine but playing videos seems a bit jerky to me. Obviously I can't play games but my machine isn't exactly the latest and...

Yes, the drivers I installed are from the nVidia website.

Managed to get Win 7 installed. Everything was fine in the beginning and I was beginning to think it was a software issue. But as soon as I installed the video driver and restarted the laptop, the problem returned. The OS hangs upon loading. There were 3 components in the driver package that I...

Alright, what you say makes sense. But I am sure I have rotated fans countless times before and haven't seen anything bad happen. Anyway, I will post back later with some findings

I didn't get you. I will have disconnected the power supply before cleaning. How would the fan spin in this case? Unless you mean spinning the fan manually which should not be a problem when off.

As the sink is bulky, I avoid dismantling it as that would require a lot more work and the precise tools, apart from the thermal grease required to fill in. I have done some cleaning without removing the heat sink. Win 10 Pro gives the option to reset the OS if it doesn't boot up properly...

Hello, My laptop has suddenly started to hang / freeze. It first occurred when I was watching a video on YouTube. There are frequently junk $ characters appearing before Windows starts loading. Now the system regularly hangs when Windows is loading and I was unable to load Windows completely...

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The screws are actually inside a hole. Think of counter bored holes. There is no way to insert anything other than the screw driver shaft. Guess I will have to take it to a service center. Thanks anyway.