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    Acer Ethos 8943G Random Reboot Problems (and bluetooth fix?)

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by interosseous, Dec 24, 2010.

  1. interosseous

    interosseous Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    Two issues:

    !) I've just received my 8943G and it's randomly rebooting. 3rd time now after doing nothing but browsing (so it can't be that it's over heating). After about 20-30 minutes, the screen goes black and it proceeds to restart.

    The specs are:

    i7 740QM, 8GB RAM, ATI 5850, 1TB HDD.

    It's brand new and I'm just setting it up, but for some reason it is restarting. I called tech support who gave me the "power down, it might be static" routine and later told me to reinstall W7. Hmmm...

    2) The laptop supposedly had bluetooth 3.0 but nothing happens when I click "Bluetooth Devices". I have searched how to add devices and laptop cannot find any bluetooth devices (even though I can connect perfectly fine on my old XPS)

    I'd appreciate any suggestions you guys might have,

    Cheers
     
    interosseous, Dec 24, 2010
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