laptop failes after a while

I have an acer aspire 5315 laptop but after a while it complety shuts down it doesn't even show a light that there is a cable plugged in it. I think it's cpu is overclocked but i'm not sure, how can i check/solve this??

 

i think your motherboard is fried you probably need to get a new computer

 

Sounds like cpu overheat...download hwmonitor and report the temps here - idle and after some heavy load(like game or something).
Does it start after awhile?

 

if it's not charging im pretty sure its the motherboard

 

if running XP you need something to alert the system to the system temps

I8Kfangui

works really well

 

take a look in your event log for us, before we give your mother board the last rights
can you check your charger is working ok,

edit: with a meter ?

 

First it works fine when the battery's empty i can charge it normally but after a while it just gets hot and then it shuts down completely, if i unplug and then plug in my adapter i can start it up again normallyi don't know if it's the motherboard i'll check temps and post it

 

try it without the battery as well just on mains.

 

do you mean get the battery out?? bcause that's not possible

 

I had a desktop which had a similar problem....and the cause was that the capacitors were at the end of their tether and were kind of swollen....!! so new ones were soldered in place of them..!! but I am not sure if there are capacitors on a notebook mobo..

 

you should be able to remove the main battery ?
the mother board COMS battery is tiny and you need to take the laptop to bits to get to it.and if the coms battery is knackered the laptop wouldn't start.

just take out the main battery when the laptop is off.
then with mains charger plugged in start laptop.

 

ok i tested the temperature of my notebook at startup the temperatures were:
Monitor:50 C (121 F)
Processor:56 C (132 F)
harddrive:31 C (87 F)

and a half hour later these are the temperatures:
monitor: 50 C (121 F)
Processor: 57 C (134 F)
harddrive: 39 C (102 F)

(these temperatures are with only CPUID hardwaremonitor activated trough the whole process)
I will give the temperatures at high performance later

(it works normally when i get the battery out and adapter plugged in so that's not the problem)

 

Do a stress test with orthos and monitor hwmonitor's cpu temp. Its definitely sound like cpu overheat.

 

is there any warnings in event log ?

 

I did a stress test with orthos these are the temperatures:
monitor: 60 C (139 F)
processor: 68 C (154 F)
harddrive: 45 C (112 F)

The startup temperatures are the same as the previous test these results are with the stress test of orthos

 

Hmm no overheating there.. for how long did you left Orthos running?

 

half an hour

but when i feel where on the laptop it's hot, then it is the hottest at the place where my harddrive is

 

Nah..overheat excluded..It's normal for hdd to feel hot with 45ºC..and this temp is not dangerous. Maybe the problem is power related..Did you tried it without battery? Only powered by the ac adaptor..

 

Yup already tried that out

1 hour ago i launched orthos again so it's already busy for a while and the temperatures are still the same i also have 4 heavy processes activated

 

move the laptop like it was on your lap just to see if you are covering air intake slots with legs/thighs.
easiest way to kill a laptop is block the air intake.
i use cooling pad or just use a tea tray so the vent holes are not covered.
or you could have a short circuit on the power board.

 

Now you say so it mostly happens when it's on my legs or on something soft maybe that's the only problem. and mostly it happens when i have a movie on so i'll look what happens on a normal surface with movie on.

 

we are just suggesting POSSIBLE causes for your problem,,

i personally think you may have a motherboard issue... if none of the other suggestions have gotten you anywhere,,, then it is most probably a hardware issue and will require sending to ACER..... IMO

 

come on Napalm we need some feedback mate
let us know what you have tried and it hasn't worked.
we are trying to make sure you don't have to start pulling the laptop to bits and spending cash.

 

I second the suggestion to unplug it, remove the battery and try again plugged in.

Also, put something at the edges of the bottom of the laptop so that there is plenty of airflow underneath it.

 

i'm having the same problem, mine has been out of service the past 6months due to HD Failure 1 month after i bought it at the Wally World Black Friday deal...had no time to send it in so i finally just bought a new HD for it.

I just pulled my battery and i can hear the fan running now, i am going to DL those programs mentioned on the earlier pages and check mine as well.

What i've noticed so far is the FAN stops running on me but there is no warning at all, it just shuts down. I checked the log the other day but don't remember what i saw (long days and 2 kids on my own at night)


FYI GREAT SITE WITH TONS OF INFO HER SO FAR!!

 

FYI i use mine on my lap quite a bit as well. I will keep the CPUID HW Monitor running at all times and make note of max temp.

Highest it's reached so far is 70 degrees C. Which brings me to my question of what is the cut off temp for the M530? I can't seem to find that info.

 

depeneding on your BIOS,,, SHUTDOWN POINT can range from 95c upto 110C

 

Thanks for the info BigO. I'll take a look this weekend at it and find out.

BTW Thanks, your post is what brought me to this forum

 

glad i could help.... and it's nice to know my reputation proceedes me

 

sounds like we need to remind some people that there are slots on the underside for the cooling of CPU/GPU and blocking them is not a good idea.
just by using a cooling pad you could give your laptop a couple of years more life.
Phil

 

i'm picking one up this weekend but it shut down on my wife last night, i was running it with no issues and put it into SLEEP mode, she got home and it was on for about 30min. she said and the fan wasn't running and it shut down. I know a cooling pad will help but i think i have bigger issues here.

 

what model is your laptop and what OS are you running??

have you updated the BIOS since buying the laptop??

how long has this issue been going on?

 

bought it back in November, 1 month later the HD dies on me, i finally call ACER and they are like yea sure send it in and we will replace....i procrastinate so June rolls around and i say screw it and buy a 320GB Samsung HD, just installed it 2 weeks ago and it's been happening ever since then.

Acer 5315-2153 VISTA BASIC
No Bios updates
couple weeks, since i upgraded the HD in it and got it running again.

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="EventLog" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32768">6008</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-06-28T16:43:54.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>17898</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Acer-laptop</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>4:32:46 AM</Data>
<Data>6/28/2008</Data>
<Data />
<Data />
<Data>45230</Data>
<Data />
<Data />
<Binary>D807060006001C00040020002E00A302D807060006001C00090020002E00A3023C0000003C00000000000000000000000000000000000000010000009B1B0000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

this make since to you??

 

\\hmm it looks different when i look at it...

 

ok so you are running vista??
it was too slow for me on the factory config... so i downgraded...

anyway... upgrade your BIOS to version 1.33
it has newer temp control routines and the tempuratures reported are the correct ones

support.acer-euro.com

stay away from 1.34 and 1.40 for right now.. some of us are having various issues.. but 1.33 was very good...
and the pan-am site is slow in posting new drivers and BIOS files.... we all use the euro site

bigO

 

just got it DLed, Thanks BigO, now i gotta figure out how to install the uprade correctly

ohh by the way, my CPU temp got up to 83 degrees and then the FAN kicked on

 

is that 83c before the fan turned on??

that is a problem... try the bios update..

 

that's right, BUT other times the fan is on at 62c

Justst upgraded to BIOS1.33 let the games begin

 

i'd seriously consider taking the back cover off that thing...(4 screws)

removing the fan (3 screws)

cleaning the fan and the heat transfer fins in back of the fan...

REMOVE BATTERY AND AC POWER BEFORE DISASSEMBLY

 

did that the other night, hopefully the BIOS upgrade will do the trick, time will tell!!

 

i have this sneaking suspission that a new BIOS version will be comming out maybe monday???

 

Let´s hope so!!!


P.S: What´s that weird thing above the quote? (I guess some server issues)

 

correct agian Elbubi... NBR error for any post containg quotes

 

Elbubi

try that BETA bios... see what happens...

you can always use one of those blind flashes to get back to the 1.33

 

I´m using it right now

P.S: So far so good, let´s see tomorrow morning how it "wakes up"

 

elbubi.

if your laptop is like me, it will have trouble waking up. lol

buy it an alarm clock Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Phil

 

If it´s like the owner, it will have problems too, certainly

 

Still having FAN issues, i caught it today and it was at 97degrees!!!!
Fan finally kicked on so it didnt' shut down, I didn't get my Cooler this weekend like I planned so once i get that and use that instead of the latop on my lap i'll post again on the status.

 

that is just wrong.....

what BIOS are you running now??
reverting to 1.33 may be your best option... temps should be accurate and it has the fewest wierd little "quirks"...