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Update: I disassembled the laptop, cleaned it, replaced fans, reapplied thermal paste and the problem still persists. The machine just shuts off right at boot and if I run a diagnostic test through the Bios, it shuts off as well. I am all out of options, I have no idea what to do now…

It actually might have something to do with the fans because when I’m in the BIOS menu the laptop is fine, however, once I start the diagnostic test the and the fans startup it shuts off immediately. I’ll see if I can get any dust out and try it again.

I own a Dell G5 15 5587 that’s approximately 3 years old. It has run without any issues up until a couple days ago. I was playing games and it just shut off randomly and I didn’t think too much of it since I thought it had just overheated. I let it sit until it had cooled down and turned it back...