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    Acer Extensa 2900 heat problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mob999, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. mob999

    mob999 Newbie

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    hi,

    i got an acer extensa 2900 (about 4 years old).

    since a few month the computer is freezing after some minutes. if figured out, that is has to be a heat problem, because in a cool/cold environment its running fine.

    the problem is, that the fan just turns on once, when i turn on the computer (maybe a selfcheck). after this its not running any more, neither under windows nor linux or in the bios. besides i can not read the cpu-temperature.

    a already changed the whole heatsink unit, but without any result. i guess, that maybe the temperature sensor is not working. how can i change this? or may it possible to configure the fan, that it is running all the time?

    thanks for any hints. :)


    ciao mob
     
    mob999, Jun 4, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    benchmark and monitor ur pc via softwares such as RmClock and CPUcool....they might help u to control the temps as well if ur CPU supports it....
     
    Andy, Jun 4, 2008
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  3. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    is your BIOS flashed with the most current version??

    support.acer-eruo.com



    bigO
     
    bigozone, Jun 4, 2008
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