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    aspire 5538 heat issue

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by acer1958, Nov 14, 2011.

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    acer1958 Newbie

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    Recently, within the last couple of days, I have had my aspire 5538 suddenly shut down without warning and the left front bottom of the notebook near the vent was hot. I am assuming it shutdown because of the heat, but I can't deduce the cause of it. It happened three times in the last week and in the second instance there was a blue screen with a system dump and error message. Recently my daughter and I had been working on some video files and I thought that might have had some affect with regards to this hot side issue. Any thoughts or advice on the issue is appreciated.
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Use software like HWMonitor or RealTemp to measure actual temperatures.
    If you guys have been doing some heavy video editing/converting which is very CPU intensive than it's entirely possible that it's overheating.
    That said BSOD may indicate other issue(s) as it's usually what usually happens when a unit overheats.

    Measure the temps when idle & under load and report back.
     
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