The problem with the laptop - what to change first?

Question

Iron

Managed to buy me a supported laptop a couple of days ago. This laptop turned out to be RoverBook Voyager V554 L. When checking during the purchase process, everything worked fine. After I came home and started working on it, BSOD began to periodically pop up ( PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, STOP: 0x00000050 (0xE1F8E30F, 0x00000001, 0x804EAA5E, 0x00000001) ).
According to the error data, it can be seen that it appears when trying to write data to a memory area that is not available.
Then, in the end, Windows stopped loading altogether with the error message “the system file C:\Windows\Config\Windows is corrupted, run system restore and blablabla”.
Those. By all indications, we see that the hard drive has failed, right? Accordingly, it must be changed. But what worries me: quite regularly, when you turn on the laptop, it freezes when running the first tests (does not react at all), or I manage to enter the BIOS, press any one key on the keyboard, and again it freezes tightly). Such freezes even before trying to boot Windows can't be due to the hard drive, can they? So the problem is also in the RAM?
In general, tell me what to go and change in the first place. Yes, I know, throwing it in the trash or turning it in for parts is much easier.
UPD: having compared the comments with the facts, I made some conclusions. The real issue is cooling.
Why were there no glitches when I checked the laptop upon purchase? Because at that moment the laptop was "cold".
Plus, upon arrival home, glitches did not begin to appear immediately, but after some time of work (that is, when he had time to heat up). And as soon as the laptop was allowed to cool, it started working normally again.
Now I removed the back cover, looked at the cooling system. It looks like it has either been repaired or replaced. Because the cooler power wire is wrapped with black electrical tape, the radiator tube and the radiator itself are fixed relative to the cooler with some kind of hard semi-metallic tape, there is not enough thermal paste on the processor.
In general, I tore off this adhesive tape, now I'll go and smear thermal paste. It remains to figure out how to make the cooler start working immediately (it does not turn on immediately). There is not a single option related to the cooler or temperature in the BIOS settings (BIOS Phoenix).

Answer 1

To begin with, check the cooling system - usually it is guilty of freezing during POST (if the thermal paste shrinks and does not conduct heat, then the piece of iron immediately overheats and even the BIOS does not complete the test).
Hard check by booting from LiveCD / USB with some distribution (for example, ubunt). Check SMART

Answer 2

Go ahead, check every component of the system. MHDD
- write to disk, boot and check HDD
So the problem is also in the RAM?
Not necessarily RAM, maybe overheating, maybe the south bridge starts to die.
Memtest - check RAM.
Measure the temperature, clean the cooling system.
Will be able to change.

Answer 3

Memory, overheating. First, do not go to change, but start from live and run tests (memory, disk).
Look in the BIOS for the temperature from the sensors. If 50+ at startup, disassemble / clean / thermal paste.

Answer 4

by the phrase C:\Windows\Config\Windows you can tell. that natal ended one of the system files. Most often, the system is resurrected by copying a file from another machine ... Well, then proceed

Answer 5

I think it's quite difficult to determine what the problem is. My opinion is that it is necessary to temporarily install another hard drive, and drive the laptop, look at its behavior, or even start the OS from a flash drive.

Answer 6

Dude, you ripped off the tape for nothing, it's a cool factory thing, it usually closes the gap between the cooler and the radiator =)
>Because the cooler's power wire is wrapped with black electrical tape.
Can you take a picture of this? It is quite possible that this is how it should be, roverbooks look rather artisanal inside, I even saw a hefty cheap electrolyte instead of tantalum :)