Acer Aspire lockup

[diadara]

Hello, I'm about to send in my Acer Aspire 5738ZG for repairs for the third time. This time, the system freezes randomly, but I can hear the sound going on, though very, very slow and choppy. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work, nor does waiting it out. The only way out is to do a hard reboot. No BSOD yet. All drivers are current, and the fan just got cleaned so it's not a overheating problem. Please help!

 

[WR2]

Hello diadara;

Try running a LiveCD without your copy of Windows running. If you're still getting the random reezes, etc, you'll know its a hardware problem.

If the LiveCD runs flawlessly you'll know you have a bad Windows install.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download