Hello, I have a Acer Aspire 4540. AMD Athlon II Dual Core m300. 4gb Ram and ran both win 7 x32 and 64 with same problem. The laptop will every now and then shut down. Mainly when I am playing videos only. I have the core temp app running to keep an eye on it and what I can tell you is this.
When I'm just sitting on a regular page or even right now as I'm typing this it is anywhere from 74 to 83 degrees. Mainly stays in the 76-79 range.
As soon as I click on a video, any video temp just goes up like it's on fire. 82,83,84,85 all the way up to 99 before i get scared and exit the page with the video. As soon as I exit the page with the video it goes down as fast as it went up. It only shut off on me twice in the past 3 days and each time was when I was downloading all the updates. That's when I downloaded the core temp app and started testing the temp during video clips. But no more updates to install so can't test the temp during that.
Now when I got this thing it was filthy. I literally jumped in the shower after taking it apart and cleaning it, felt filthy. I got most the dust off the board from what I can tell and cleaned the fan etc but I am sure I couldn't have gotten all the fan since I didn't take it apart or anything.
My question is could this be just a simple fan. heat sink and thermal paste fix from it just being so damn dirty it needs new ones. Or is the fact that it does this during video clips a sign that it is dead? Is 76-79 degrees crazy for just sitting around on a page? Thanks
When I'm just sitting on a regular page or even right now as I'm typing this it is anywhere from 74 to 83 degrees. Mainly stays in the 76-79 range.
As soon as I click on a video, any video temp just goes up like it's on fire. 82,83,84,85 all the way up to 99 before i get scared and exit the page with the video. As soon as I exit the page with the video it goes down as fast as it went up. It only shut off on me twice in the past 3 days and each time was when I was downloading all the updates. That's when I downloaded the core temp app and started testing the temp during video clips. But no more updates to install so can't test the temp during that.
Now when I got this thing it was filthy. I literally jumped in the shower after taking it apart and cleaning it, felt filthy. I got most the dust off the board from what I can tell and cleaned the fan etc but I am sure I couldn't have gotten all the fan since I didn't take it apart or anything.
My question is could this be just a simple fan. heat sink and thermal paste fix from it just being so damn dirty it needs new ones. Or is the fact that it does this during video clips a sign that it is dead? Is 76-79 degrees crazy for just sitting around on a page? Thanks
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