Dear badcaps-forum,
my father operates a used Elitebook 840 G8. It was in operation for a year, now it starts to make problems. Unfortunately out of warranty. We upgraded the RAM to 32 GB (2x 16) and a 2 TB SSD. If you think the details matter, I will get that information from him.
Now it randomly switches off. Crashes without any previous sign. Simply off. It happened already 100 times? Sometimes (1 out of 10) the fans will operate at 100 % speed after the crash for appr. 30 seconds. The laptop can, after that crash, be restarted normally. One time after the crash all...
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