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Laptop randomly shuts off and restarts.

KyleL89

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Feb 28, 2017
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My Toshiba Laptop (Satellite L740) has been shutting off, then restarting at random time. I had cleaned my laptop's fan and reapplied the thermal paste. However, the problem still repeated itself. This laptop I've had for almost 6 years now. Can anyone advice me on this? Thank you.