Aspire 5102WLMi - Melting

Just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. I have an Acer Aspire 5102WLMi. I closed the cover the other night and I guess the system didn't go into sleep mode had I expected. When I came back from dinner the laptop was extremely hot on the Hard Drive side of the keyboard.

So hot in fact that it made a small melting mark on the keyboard. Plus the computer decided not to turn on until the system was completely cooled down.

Does anyone have any similar problems or suggestions on how to avoid a major meltdown. Fortunately, nothing was lost and the system seems to be running fine but I'm sure something can't be right.

Best,

 

A notebook cooler is always a useful device to have. It increases the airflow under the notebook, and can aid the cooling of some devices by significant amounts. If you ourhcase one, with the fans near the position of the hard disk in the notebook, then they can really bring the temperature down. Also, make sure that when you close the lid, the notebook turns off, or goes into standby. The same applys for putting it into a bag, as that can be particularly damaging.

 

Thats pretty hot, What is the make/model of the HD (Start>control panel>system>hardware>device manager)? Can get you a link to test it with the manf diagnostic software while it is hot, that will report temp / problems - that way you can either replace with something better and/or get a Laptop Cooler to cool the hd/system like Zero suggested - it will prolong the life of your laptop

 

It takes temps of 100F plus to melt the plastic. Thats hot!

 

Make an image backup of your harddrive before it fails. They don't like heat, and it will probably crap out on you soon.

 

don't worry man
if u you have acer power manager
go to
1>control panal
2> power options
3> settings
4> power button
5>then right to "when i close the lid" make sure to choose Stand By
like that picture

 

Seconded. Back up your hard drive NOW. Before doing anything else. You never know when it might die.

It's weird it would melt because normally there's a temp sensor on the motherboard that is supposed to shut everything down if it gets too hot. This is the thing that prevented you from starting while it was still too hot. So I would assume there is something wrong with the temp sensor as well. You can never trust Windows to sleep/shut down reliably so having the temp sensor as a backup is pretty vital, I would go have it checked out at the service center.

 

My roommate has an Acer Aspire that I was using while he was on vacation. I am not sure of the exact model. The back of the screen melted for some reason. There are three distinct melted spots in the plastic case on the back side of the screen now. Each of these spots is about the size of a Quarter. Two of these spots are slightly below and offset from center. These two are more melted than the other, which is slightly above the center of the screen. There is also now a dark spot on the screen where the two badly melted spots lie. In addition, the entire screen has warped so it does not close properly and the lock mechanism barely functions. Has anyone else evperienced this sort of problem with an Acer laptop?