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Laptop shut down after overheating (presumably) and is now running abnormally.

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  • Games
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September 27, 2014 10:11:13 AM

Hello everyone. I recently purchased a new game, and although I'm well over the recommended settings for the game, it seems to take a significant toll on my computer to run even on low settings, and the other day it shut down my computer. I'm assuming it shut down due to overheating, so I invested in a laptop cooling pad that is on its way. However, it has shut down on me three times now, twice while playing this game, and once playing a game that it has never had any problems with running before. I'm worried that it has somehow damaged my computer. When I load web pages now (after the third shutdown) it seems to freeze up while its loading like it cant handle the process, and it just seems to be running slower in general. It's never behaved this way before. Anyone have any suggestions? My warranty just ran out a few weeks ago, so I'm kind of stressed about it.

Here are my specs:
Lenovo ideapad Y580
Windows 8 64 bit
Intel core i7 processor, 2.40GHZ
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

-Devin

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