Laptop Shuts Down after Turning it On

Hi,
My laptop likes to shut down within 3 seconds of turning it on. The research I have done indicates that the fan is not operating, thereby causing the unit to overheat, but I wanted to see if there were any other reasons why this could be happening.
I restored my computer to factory settings a few days ago, and it only started happening after that.
I tried running a diagnostic by running a "PC Health Check" after pressing F10 on startup, but I didn't have the option to do so.
Apart from trying to do a PC Health Check, there are no errors popping up on start-up.
My laptop is running Windows 7 and it is the Pavilion DV6 model from 2010.
Any help on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
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Hi Mario,
Before cleaning the fan with an air duster can, I restored the computer to factory settings. It was only after that my laptop started shutting down shortly after start-up. It stopped doing that eventually, but what I did to prevent overheating is I sprayed the fan's underneath the laptop with air from an air duster can to remove any possible dust clogging, thereby causing the fun to work much harder than it normally should, and it seems to be running fine now. I haven't had any problems with start-up, and in fact, when in use, it doesn't make as much noise at is use to. My laptop used to ramp up the fan speed quite often because not enough heat was being expelled from the laptop. Luckily, it doesn't do that anymore.
Doing further research led me to a video called: "Reducing Heat and Fan Noise in Desktop and Notebook PC's" on HP's support page.
If anyone ever does research on the same issue and this post ends up as a result to what you are researching for, than I suggest what Mario said, but also watch the video I referenced above by following this link:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c01657439

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