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Question

Laptop shuts off in bios.

Aug 8, 2015 10:41PM PDT

I got a new motherboard for my Dell Latitude e6410 (the old one works but has an intel gpu whereas the new one has an nvidia gpu) and after powering it on it shuts itself off after about 5-45 seconds after turning on. The screen will turn on and begin to load bios but shuts off before I can run any commands. I have tried powering on without the battery, with just the battery, without the hdd, without the optical drive, and any combinations of the above. I have tried using multiple chargers so I know it's not that either. Everything works when it is attached to my old motherboard but will not start when attached to the new one. I have tried removing both the charging cable and the battery and holding the power button down for 30-45 seconds. I have tried removing the bios battery and leaving it removed for a while, I have not tried using the bios battery from the other motherboard and do not know if I should (would there be a point?). Any help would be greatly appreciated because I'm lost here. I can't understand why it won't stay on long enough to install everything.

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It's either defective or
Aug 9, 2015 7:22AM PDT

Someone didn't put on heatsink compound or the heatsink isn't touching down.

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I'll try again
Aug 10, 2015 1:06AM PDT

You think this could be it? I definitely used the compound but I could have not had it tight enough. Thanks for the info!

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Tight would not be the word I would use.
Aug 10, 2015 7:09AM PDT

It's important the heatsink has the right amount of compound then lands, touches down. After that the amount of tightness or pressure isn't as big a factor. I've seen some folk strip threads and break parts going for tightness.