Qosmio X870 shut down all of a sudden

My Qosmio X870 shut itself down all of a sudden and wouldnt turn on or charge for about an hour, what does this mean?

I think it was a high temperature issue.
Mostly the notebooks shut down automatically to prevent the hardware from damage.
If the cooling grilles are full of dust or debris, its advisable to remove this using compressed air spray.

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                        disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 499.25 GB
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              com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          (5.0.2 - SDK 10.6)
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              [System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
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              [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
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              [not loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
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              AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
              FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
              Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
              Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
              QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
              iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
              AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
              EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link
              JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
    Safari Extensions:
              Facebook Improved: Version: 1.8
              Add To Amazon Wish List: Version: 1.8
              Omnibar: Version: 1.2
              Social Fixer: Version: 9.0
              Ultimate Status Bar: Version: 1.3
              Pinterest: Version: 1.0
              AddThis: Version: 1.7
              Facebook Photo Zoom: Version: 1.1206.11.1
              GMail Counter: Version: 0.9.3
              Reload Button: Version: 1.2
              SafariRestore: Version: 6.0.1
              Facebook Cleaner: Version: 3.3
              My eBay Manager: Version: 3.0.2.0
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              AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18
              1-ClickWeather: Version: 1.0
              Bing Highlights: Version: 1.0.24
    Audio Plug-ins:
              BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
              AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
              AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
              iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    iTunes Plug-ins:
              Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
    User iTunes Plug-ins:
              AudioScrobbler: Version: 6.0.5 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
    User Internet Plug-ins:
              CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 3rd-Party support link
              Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
    3rd Party Preference Panes:
              Flash Player  3rd-Party support link
              Java  3rd-Party support link
    Old Applications:
              None
    Time Machine:
              Skip System Files: NO
              Mobile backups: OFF
              Auto backup: YES
              Volumes being backed up:
              Destinations:
                        My Passport for Mac [Network] (Last used)
                        Total size: 465.29 GB
                        Total number of backups: 61
                        Oldest backup: 2013-08-19 15:41:53 +0000
                        Last backup: 2014-03-18 16:18:22 +0000
                        Size of backup disk: Excellent
                                  Backup size 465.29 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
              Time Machine details may not be accurate.
              All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
    Top Processes by CPU:
                  38%          AAM Updates Notifier
                  19%          iavd
                   8%          iAntiVirus
                   4%          WindowServer
                   1%          Safari
    Top Processes by Memory:
              233 MB          thunderbird
              197 MB          Safari
              135 MB          MailTab for Gmail
              98 MB          ocspd
              61 MB          WindowServer
    Virtual Memory Information:
              9.01 GB          Free RAM
              1.79 GB          Active RAM
              249 MB          Inactive RAM
              715 MB          Wired RAM
              291 MB          Page-ins
              0 B          Page-outs

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