Notebook shuts down shortly after start-up!

I have a slight puzzle on my hands. I was working on a DV5-1012EA which had a damaged palm rest/touchpad. I found a replacement and fitted it fine. I had the notebook running fine and decided to run windows update. It all seemed fine but after a restart (which seemed normal after a windows update) it then decided to shut down. I tried a few restarts but no joy.
I then used a recovery disk but it was halfway through the second "loading files" and it shut down.
I ran the system diagnosis test via ESC menu and the memory tested fine, it shutdown half way through the HDD test.
I tried to boot a Linux live disk with no HDD but once again it failed.
I booted into the BIOS but after 3 mins it shutdown again
I have tried separate HDDs and memory but it makes no difference. The system just shuts down.
Could it be a coincidence this occurred after the Windows Update? I have changed the hardware so any conflict caused by the update would not be there.
I can only think it is overheating the CPU and/or GPU and hence it shuts down? Perhaps all the work of dismantling the until to replace the touchpad/palmrest dislodged the heat sink/thermal paste?
Please can someone advise me because I want to get this thing running again and back to my friend?
Thanks in advance
Changy
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If you boot into the BIOS and let it sit there (don't run diagnostics) does it still shut down?
If so, I would assume it's overheating or there's some other circuitry problem.

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