Computer shuts down after starting web browser etc. in fresh install

i re-installed last night as i noticed a while ago i was using 64bit and had been meaning to get around to switching to 32bit.
the install went fine, but when i install xorg and a window manager (i tried dwm and openbox), and start a web browser (i tried midori and luakit), my laptop shuts itself down as if it had overheated or something similar.
at first i thought my laptop was having trouble, but i'm currently booted into a manjaro livecd (i know), and can browse etc. with no issues.
any ideas on what might be causing this, or what i can post here to help troubleshot?
thanks.

Does the laptop shutdown immediately after you open any web browser? Do any other applications, such as Thunderbird or LibreOffice, cause this behaviour?
Does your laptop do a controlled shutdown or a *poof* hard shutdown?
Can you get a temperature reading from your computer (by using software tools) as you open a web browser?
Also (and this is gonna sound weird) please post your PATH variable. ("echo $PATH")

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    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
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    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6
    WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9
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Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         2%    WindowServer
         0%    AppleSpell
         0%    ps
         0%    fontd
         0%    launchd
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    86 MB    WindowServer
    73 MB    Spotlight
    69 MB    com.apple.internetaccounts
    64 MB    NotificationCenter
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    1.91 GB    Active RAM
    1.34 GB    Inactive RAM
    451 MB    Wired RAM
    1.04 GB    Page-ins
    193 KB    Page-outs
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