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    Uphill battle with this rubbish blamed on Acer

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by TeeJay 44, Apr 8, 2008.

  1. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    This is what Gamezilla has to say about Acer:

    "I'm getting ready to change the thermal paste on the cpu right now, and I'm trying to get the bottom cover off.

    I unscrewed all the screws on the bottom cover, took off all the panels, but the cover still wont come off.

    Anybody got a diagram or anything that could help me take this stupid cover off?"

    "ok, I've managed to take it apart, and got the cpu out, along with the heatsink or northbridge, or whatever the hell its called.

    Anmyways, now I'm ready to change the thermal paste, the only thing is, where the hell does it go?"

    "ok, im maaad pisssed off right now, and let me tell you something

    I'M NEVER BUYING AN ACER PRODUCT AGAIN!

    I went ahead and took off that shiny rectangle in the middle of the black thing, cleaned out the old paste, and put some new artic silver 5 in there.

    I noticed that the cpu didn't have any thermal paste, so i decided not to put it there, and decided to put it on the bridge like I did.

    As I was putting the bridge back together, it turned out that i used too much paste, and it smudged all over the place, so I took out the bridge again, and also the processor to clean it with alcohol.

    As I was cleaning the cpu, I accidently spilled alot of alcohol onto the cpu, and it got really wet, along with the pins on the bottom. I wiped it down the best I could, and then dried it with a fan, but now I doubt that its gonna work again.

    I ****ing hate acer and hate the fact that they made this piece of **** laptop so ****ing hard to take apart.

    if this **** doesn't work, then I'm just gonna throw it out as it's ****ing useless to me."

    Gamezilla posted this crap: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=161260

    No wonder Acers reputation takes a knock with posts like these :mad:

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Apr 8, 2008
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  2. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    I bet he was ridding a bike in the womb:laugh: :laugh:

    Chin up Theo :D
     
    hoggie, Apr 8, 2008
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  3. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    lmao @ hoggie...

    sorry for your bad luck Theo,
    my acer is a JOY to workon... hoggie knows what i mean,,, it's the same mainboard and case as his wife's system... 4 screws back cover is off, 3 screws & fan is out, 4 screws and CPU is visible, CPU socket screw and it's in your hands.... pretty sweet imo. what do you think hoggie
     
    bigozone, Apr 9, 2008
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  4. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    the wifes laptop was a joy to upgrade and so easy to dismantle.

    my 7110 is a nightmare but still if you take your time and take notes that to is easy :D
     
    hoggie, Apr 9, 2008
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