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    acer 5315 flex bad contact - freezes

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by davethurston, Dec 29, 2010.

  1. davethurston

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    Acer 5315 started freezing . Reinstalled Vista SP2 - still freezing so not sw related. Not fan /temperature related - BIOS is now 1.45 anyway.
    Then realised it was happening whenever I picked laptop up by RHS edge and moved it -eg put it on chair next to me.
    If I move it carefully ie keep it flat without flexing it, no problems at all.
    When it freezes, screen and cursor will not change. It is NOT a BSOD however - the screen just becomes locked and mouse cursor refuses to respond.
    Have to hold on/off button for 5 secs etc to restart.
    I've opened up case and made sure all connectors are good eg on touchpad and hdd and ram but still no joy. I suspect it is an intermittent bad contact between a chip and the mobo.

    Anyone have any experience of this ? clues on how to identify problem?
    Is this a recognised issue with Acer's/5315's ?
     
    davethurston, Dec 29, 2010
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