cosmicnutter_1993 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Right.. i have a problem, and im going to throw my laptop at the wall if i dont sort it. I have been using it flawlessly for the last year and a half, and now it is playing up. I put in a new hard drive in october, and more ram in about the same time. Neither of these seem wrong, the laptop was fine for months. But the last week or so, the laptop has decided it will die. I turn it on, and can be using it for hours, and it will beep occasionally, seems to be from around the hard drive, but i cannot guarantee this. Then it will cut out. But lately it seems to be getting a lot more frequent, this time it died within 20 minutes. The tits at my local shop in town want £50 to diagnose the fault, telling me it is either the hard drive beginning to fail, or its overheating and the CPU is causing it to automatically cut out. Eitherway, it is going in the bin if it dont get sorted, and the tw@ts can bugger off if they think ill give them £50 just to have a look at it. What do you all think? Anyone selling a laptop hard drive also if it is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie74 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) i would go with overheating,, do you have any kind of temp monitor system? check the airvents arnt blocked and if you can open it up that the cpu heatsink isnt clogged up Edited June 29, 2009 by charlie74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Get an air duster on it... clean out the gunk around the air inlets/oulets (inc inside them)Leave the laptop for about an hour to make sure any residue evaporates then try again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicnutter_1993 Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Ive taken the laptop bottom off, and it is clean around the CPU, infact it is clean everywhere. i used that spray air stuff anyway just incase any dust was hiding. Do you think the CPU could be fooked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Ive taken the laptop bottom off, and it is clean around the CPU, infact it is clean everywhere. i used that spray air stuff anyway just incase any dust was hiding. Do you think the CPU could be fooked?Unlikely but possible... Tried the laptop since the clean up?Now try some hardware monitoring application and check what temp the cpu rises to... If it is heat now caused by dirt it could be a few other things including the heatsink coming away from the cpu die, thermal material/compound deteriorated, fan not kicking in etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCCORNY11 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 is it a HP laptop? mine beeps now and again but dont know what is causing it! your computer would not get into the operating system if the cpu is fooked! did you separate the cpu from the cooler as the heat sink paste might not be sufficient to cool it down? check the fan for the cooler is spinning as the air duster can spin these up to an amazing speed and break them as ive done it in the past. if not check the bios it might have a hard disk drive checking tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicnutter_1993 Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) the SMART hard drive thing shows up as ok, im getting a mate to have a look at it tomorrow. by the way its an acer aspire 5315 Edited June 29, 2009 by cosmicnutter_1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluliz Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 by the way its an acer aspire 5315 eBay it while it still turns on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaba Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 If the CPU is bust it'll still boot then fail after BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Overheating issue... I would say whack some new thermal pate on the CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Overheating issue... I would say whack some new thermal pate on the CPU. http://www.recipetips.com/images/recipe/appetizers_and_snacks/chicken_liver_pate.jpg I'm not so sure that replacing the thermal paste will be sufficient tbh.More to the point have you ever stripped & applied paste to a laptop cpu?Not quite as simple as a desktop.Can I be so silly as to request where the fan outlet is?Some are placed underneath, if so then you need to raise the laptop, wild stab but its happened to me. Edited June 30, 2009 by PeeWee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicnutter_1993 Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 i am useless when it comes to doing this stuff. i have done my desktop cpu before, but not a laptop. im guessing its under the fan? ill go take a pic now with the bottom plate off, and the hot air comes out the back, not the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicnutter_1993 Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 http://img151.imageshack.us/i/p3006092234.jpghttp://img199.imageshack.us/i/p300609223201.jpg Pic 1Pic 2 sorry pics didnt work so there are the links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaba Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Like people have said, look for a temperature monitor, and check for any increases in temp/spikes. "Speedfan" is a good one - google it. If you notice any irregularities in that, then it'll probably be CPU overheating. Otherwise just check that the HDD cable is proper in place, both at the Hard drive end and the Motherboard end. Might just be a loose connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 The Acer 5 series laptops (The white shell ones) were pretty bad for overheating. I have seen numerous times. I have also seen a few that suffered from constant rebooting at complete random, my girlfriends was like this. I updated the bios and the problem was solved so I assume there is some kind of buffer overflow happening. I would try updating the bios since you have also added in newer components. I would also run a Mem test since faulty memory can cause all sorts of odd issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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