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    A2D overheated!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by grujicd, Nov 16, 2004.

  1. grujicd

    grujicd Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's A2500D with AMD 2600+, Radeon 9600, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD, 5 months old.

    Last night I turned on notebook and left to read something. It booted XP and waited on login screen, no CPU intensive activity was taking place. After 10 mins it turned off with smell of melted plastic. Apparently, crappy fan system we all complained about here didn't turn at all for some reason!
    Fortunatelly laptop is still operational, it worked after it cooled down. Plastic on bottom of laptop, where CPU lies is melted a bit, and grills where hot air goes out are distorted. These are only consequences so far.
    Unfortunatelly ASUS's BIOS doesn't have settings for shutdown temperature although it obviously have functionality.
    I've set Asus Probe to run on boot and to shutdown on 75C. We'll see if it happens again.

    Also, in this 5 months, I had one PSU failure, I had failed sound once, and after repair I still have distorted sound (worked ok on begining).

    Really bad quality from ASUS. Not recommended at all.
     
    grujicd, Nov 16, 2004
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  2. Hyde

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    Can you send photos of that melted plastic?

    It would be nice to see what to expect within next few months.

    I wonder if Asus has heard the saying "Any publicity is good publicity"?
    I don't agree with that, maybe they do? [ ;)]
     
    Hyde, Nov 17, 2004
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  3. Jamaika

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    I'm glad I changed my Asus A2D with one of M6 series!!!

    M6R:: :pentium M 1.5 Ghz 2048 L2 cache:::512 DDR 333mhz:::mobility Radeon 9100 IGP 128 MB max:::15.4" WXGA:::40 GB @ 4200:::
     
    Jamaika, Nov 18, 2004
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    I'll probably some post pictures this weekend.
     
    grujicd, Nov 19, 2004
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    Here are pictures of melted CPU cover and deformed heat output gril:

    http://www.cogin.com/download/laptop/laptopBurn1.jpg
    http://www.cogin.com/download/laptop/laptopBurn2.jpg

    Guys, I hope you won't see this on your laptops.
     
    grujicd, Nov 20, 2004
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    That hurts just looking at it.
    My condolences go to you grujicd...

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, ASUS Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
    AuroraS, Nov 20, 2004
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    grujicd Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's good that it still works. I still haven't decided to make a reclamation, and be without notebook for indefinite amount of time, and possibly also loose several days afterwards to install/setup everything again if they give me new one. Problem is also that Asus can take a quick look, see that it works and return it without fixing anything (perhaps they'll only change CPU cover).
    Anyway I have MotherboardMonitor set up to shutdown when temperature goes over 75C, we'll see if this happens again.
     
    grujicd, Nov 20, 2004
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    that is simply unacceptable on ASUS's part.
    I would definitely report it and get a replacement...

    heck I thought I had it bad with my two stuck pixels... (I'm still trying to get this issue sorted out btw)

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, ASUS Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
    AuroraS, Nov 20, 2004
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    If I were you, I'd DEFINATELY take it to ASUS' repair center! You can also, if they decide to give a brand new one keep the old HDD. This way you won't loose time by installing a new system!![8D]

    M6R:: :pentium M 1.5 Ghz 2048 L2 cache:::512 DDR 333mhz:::mobility Radeon 9100 IGP 128 MB max:::15.4" WXGA:::40 GB @ 4200:::
     
    Jamaika, Nov 24, 2004
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