Comp shutdown after 2-3 mins, 35 long beeps AMI bios

[quick215]

Apologies for not being able to post diagnostics in my OP, I do not have my comp to post from. Please click my name for recent threads and issues, where I detail my PC. Clevo P150HMx. New problem that appears critical:

After another ssd cloning fail last night, upon using PC this morning, it suddenly started beeping. Followed by turning off. I started again and went into BIOS. After 2 mins, beeping again. I counted 35 beeps +/-1. Then turned off. I then booted to safe mode to see if I could find anything in event viewer, not much but in limited time. This time no beeps just a turnoff without warning.

My BIOS is American megatrends Inc.
Revision: 1.01.011bL52
Firm: 1.00.115A1

Nvidia 560M
Vbios revision: 70.26.29.00.06


The AM I beepcodes I've found stop at 11 beeps. The 35 beeps were long and took place over the course of 1 minute or so.

I have a limited time on my pc before it auto shutsdown. 3 to 4 minutes. Please let me know what more I can do. Thank you.

 

[quick215]

Update: Ok, I waited a few hours and started it up again. Ran fine for a half hour or so, was able to save a backup of some of my work files. I didn't see anything in Event Viewer, but not sure where to look either. Is there a place in the BIOS or somewhere that would keep logs of shutoffs like this?

It then happened again, I counted 35 long beeps, followed by it shutting off mid 36th beep. I assume this is the BIOS, I don't know what else it could be. Still no luck in my internet searches. I don't know if my motherboard is dying, my hard disk, or what. I have this SSD which I wish I could clone onto...if I just swapped it in blank would that fix a hard disk problem?

As another note, in conjunction with my other issues, the night before I reached a point of completely clean SURT, SFC, and Checkdisk.

Any help is appreciated thank you.

 

[Wrench97]

Sounds like it's overheating, the beeps would just be a continuous warning until it powers down.
You will not find anything in event viewer since overheating would be a bios level hardware problem and the system is shutting down to save itself.

Do you feel/hear the fan running?
Is it blowing hot or cool air out of the vents?

 

[quick215]

Problem solved. Overheating was my original thought as well, but it didn't seem to be running hot. Found a video online of another Sager doing the same thing, and it was a faulty fan. So this time, instead of just using compressed air, I actually took about the whole bottom unit including the fan covers....voila. Giant clumps of matted cat hair and dust within both fan units. I removed them with tweezers, and since then I've been all good.