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    acer 5102 crashes weekly, have to wait 30 mins to restart

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by irobot, Mar 20, 2008.

  1. irobot

    irobot Newbie

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    Hi All,

    My aspire 5102 has a problem. It usually works normal, but I have to handle it carefully, not to move it to fast (sometimes just a slight movement) or the system crashes and the blue screen shows up. This happens like once a week. And the weirdest thing is that I have to wait for 30 mins to restart it without a problem.

    When I try to restart it after the crash, it only shows the acer bios screen but not the windows startup screen. I checked the bios, it won't show the harddisk information. When the laptop is normal, it shows the harddisk info ok. After no touching it 30 mins, the laptop ususally works as normal, like nothing happen before.

    I changed the harddisk twice but still have the same problem, so I don't think it's the harddisk's problem. I clean the dust in the fan vent, and sometimes, the laptop just won't start from the begining, so I don't think it's the heat problem either.

    I exchange the memory with my other laptop, and use a memory check program memtest86 to diagonise. The same memory can pass the test on my other laptop, but can't pass under the acer 5102.

    I don't know where is the problem. Is it the motherboard? and how come it needs 30 mins to recover from the last crash. If anyone can help or suggest, it will be very appreciated.

    Thanks
     
    irobot, Mar 20, 2008
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  2. ©infiniti©

    ©infiniti© Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi the fact you have to handle it gently suggests loose connection somewhere otherwise i would have thought overheating,
    you arent one of those who sits with laptop on your knee without a board underneath to allow it to cool are you
    has your laptop always done this ?
     
    ©infiniti©, Mar 21, 2008
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  3. irobot

    irobot Newbie

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    yeah, I did that quite often, putting the laptop on me without a board underneath.

    The laptop is about 1.5 years, it began acting like this about eight months now.
     
    irobot, Mar 23, 2008
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  4. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    yeah it could be a loose connection, or even a circut level problem w/ the hdd controller. the fact that ya have to wait for 30 minutes makes me wonder if a capacitor is overheating or going bad. sounds like either heat must disapate or electricity must discharge before the HDD controller is recognized. I've been repairing PCs for 20+ yrs and it seems like i see something new everyday.

    wish i could be of more help
    bigozone
     
    bigozone, Mar 23, 2008
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