Laptop Suddenly shuts down

I have a satellite A665-S6086 laptop and I've been having a problem for the last few months where my laptop suddenly power off while viewing online videos. I have two audio drivers installed so I disabled the Intel Display Audio but no luck. Any Ideas

When you say "...power off", is this a un-controlled, instant off or is it rebooting?
Will it always immediately restart by pushing the power button or does this require waiting a spell?
Have you ever experienced this other than watching videos?
If there's no indication of anything and the machine just "blam" powers off, my first guess would be a hardware issue, maybe thermal? If it's rebooting and ONLY when watching videos online, I suspect software, possibly a driver, which apparently you are suspecting too. You might even try temporarily disabling any power-saving features you have set, just to see if they maybe affecting it.
Rick...

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