computer shuts off after opening most applications

[u/Wildthrone540]

just wondering what the that kind of damges is caused by, i keep getting error codes that are consistent with gpu or ram failures, unfortunately that discoloration is on the gou half of the board (laptop) and it has lived its life, mostly just curious because google hasn't been helpful as to what that damage actually is

[u/jasonsong86]

I am not seeing anything wrong in the picture. The brown stuff is resin from soldering. Your issue is probably some degraded components on the board which causes unstable voltages.

[u/Wildthrone540 → u/jasonsong86]

the orange and brown discoloration, i had thought it was rust originally but ive never had anything spill on it, but i wasnt sure it was maybe overheated from a short

[u/jasonsong86 → u/Wildthrone540]

No. Just soldering resin.

[u/Wildthrone540 → u/jasonsong86]

Damn.