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    Acer Ferrari 4000 problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Neooo, Mar 5, 2010.

  1. Neooo

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    A few months back the CPU started to overheat at maximum usage, and after a while I started to get GPU glitches as well. It's all probably related to the lack of thermal paste on either. However, about a month back, the GPU seemed to have died completely. When I'd turn the laptop on, the cooler would simply run idly, with nothing showing up on the display (or external), nor any beeps sounding (or the BT LED turning on, as normally happens at boot). I assumed the GPU died and gave up on the laptop. I drained the battery and it had been sitting on the floor all this time, collecting dust.
    Just for fun, I decided to try it again yesterday, so I connected the AC and switched it on. Somehow it booted up NORMALLY.
    After a while though, it died again and won't start back up (same problem as before). It died while I wasn't around, while installing some windows updates.
    So I'm wondering, what are the possible explanations to it dying? AND more curiously, why the hell did it decide to suddenly work again for a while yesterday? I'm really confused.
    I can't believe that a fried GPU can simply decide to work every couple of weeks. Is there anything relatively simple I might try to fix it/make it boot up again?
     
    Neooo, Mar 5, 2010
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