Satellite A series switches off while playing Command and Conquer 3

Hello everyone,
this has happened to me second time. While I was chilling out playing Command and Conquer 3 skirmish, laptop suddenly switched itself off. I was running on external power and the battery was full. What is even more strange, it was impossible to switch it back on until I removed the battery and plugged it back in.
I bought this game around March and was able to beat the 3 campaigns without such attractions.
I suspect this may be caused by overheating, since after the shutdown the laptop is quite hot. What do you think? I bought it in January.
In my desktop I occasionally removed the fan and hoovered the heatsink, it tended to accumulate quite a lot of dust sometimes. It is not that easy in case of laptops. Any suggestions? Cheers.

Hi,
you should make a bios update, because I had a similar problem with my A100 and after the bios upgrade to the newest version (5.60) I had no problems anymore. Maybe it helps.
The other thing is, if you have a ventilation system which is clobbed with dust, then you should take a can with compressed air (you can get it in every electronic market/shop) and gently lead some air in short blows through the ventilation holes. (like 2 secs. blow then wait, 2 sec. blow then wait and so on; just make short blasts :) )
Then the ventilation should be clear.
Otherwise bring your machine to an service partner for a hardware checkup because some loose flat cables in the inner of the machine could be probably a reason that the machine does not power on properly..
Greets

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