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    Acer Random Reboots!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Gautam, Aug 20, 2006.

  1. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    The acer c314xmi tablet that I own randomly reboots periodically. Does anyone else have this issue, or know why it is happening? Even if it has happened on another acer model, I would like to know.

    (I am cross-posting this in the Tablet PC Forums as well)

    thanks,
     
    Gautam, Aug 20, 2006
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  2. S96J

    S96J Notebook Geek

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    can you please post what you have done to try to fix this problem (i.e. have you run it with minimal programs?)
     
    S96J, Aug 20, 2006
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  3. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I am not quite sure what you mean. I posted the question because I have no clue on how to fix the problem - when I mean "reboot" I don't mean that Windows safely reboots, I mean that the entire computer blacks out (a hard reset) and reboots from the BIOS post screen. It doesn't happen more than twice or thrice a week.
     
    Gautam, Aug 20, 2006
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    Try booting into Safe mode and check the health status of your hard drive through Admin. If it doesn't reboot while in safe mode for a bit, then it would seem to be a driver conflict. There are a few registry fix apps out there that you could run if you can boot into Windows that might catch a conflict and repair it for you.
     
    Talon_Sr, Aug 20, 2006
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    could you be running low a memory?
     
    shadow85, Aug 29, 2006
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  6. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I know how silly this seems, but it stopped happening after Summer ended. I think that the Northern California heat somehow got to it....although I can't explain how....and it was rebooting randomly.
     
    Gautam, Nov 9, 2006
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    Check that your memory is properly seated. That's a cheap and easy check at least...
     
    PRH, Nov 9, 2006
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  8. Gautam

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    The memory is seated properly. I recently upgraded the RAM so I know for sure.
     
    Gautam, Nov 9, 2006
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  9. LIVEFRMNYC

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    This has happen to my Acer(in sig) a couple of times.

    I think in my case, it was heat related. But IMO my Laptop was never extremely hot. Not like some stories about heat I hear in these forums.

    It rarely happens to me, last time it happened was in September.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Nov 9, 2006
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  10. PRH

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    A minor detail that you didn't think was important to mention?

    Do a search. Many flaky issues are traced back to bad/incompatible memory sticks.

    Any change the mysterious random reboots started occuring after this upgrade?
     
    PRH, Nov 10, 2006
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