How do I troubleshoot my MacBook Pro?

You are not in MacBook Pro forum but I would suggest you be more precise and much much more in the details of what and why and how it began or got to this polnt.
OS X version too.
Backup no matter what are essential generally, a Safe Book and/or Recovery Mode to check t he disk directory as well.
What is it doing as without that, no idea what you are talking about or dealing with.

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I did earlier notice the fan making noise, before doing the SMC reset.
The computer did seem to say there was no batteries available at one point.
(But all of this was okay after some point, and I was just doing the reset to try to correct the turning off the system was still doing)
A week or two ago, I did have a glitch where my desktop picture was flashing and acting weird, and other functions on my computer keyboard not working, like volume, keyboard brightness, etc. But I did fix it.
I have not ever had much on this Macbook pro. I do not download applications. I do not store nearly any files on the computer. I usually only use the flash player plug-in. This computer is only used for doing work/business, and for personal use online.
I can’t see why I would have so many problems.
Is it possible that erasing the memory twice or so before is causing an error or issue in the drive?
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I can’t really make any progress on the computer since it turns off after only a minute or two no matter what you are trying to do.
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if your MacBook Pro doesn’t stay active long enough to perform an OS X Internet Recovery, then you should make an appointment at your nearest Apple store or Apple-authorized service provider to have them diagnose what’s ailing it.

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