Laptop Overheat?

• dinky1409

  2 May 07, 21:24

  Hey all.. Lets do this fast..
  
  My laptop is acer travelmate 3280.. Is it true that it will automatically shutdown itself if it gets too hot? I played game and it just shuts down automatically halfway.. Dulan leh..
• Unidentified

  2 May 07, 21:33

  out of battery ?
  
  im using acer travelmate 3282WXMi , nvr experience auto shutdown before
  but will auto hibernate when battery left 5%
• jay_rocks

  2 May 07, 21:43

  my travelmate didnt face this prob leh. but the notebook will get very hot after a while. wonder if its the fan's prob
• dinky1409

  2 May 07, 21:52

  Thanks for the replies..
  but its not battery problem leh..
• orionlight

  2 May 07, 21:55

  you can try downloading some temperature monitoring program like Everest or Speedfan.Then monitor the temperature during gameplay to confirm whether it is overheating
• stellazio

  2 May 07, 21:57

  my laptop won't shutdown, but it will suddenly get super laggy making it impossible to play.
  
  ur internal fan could be spoilt, and also when u play, place ur lappy on something at the 2 sides of it, so that there is air circulation in the middle at the btm of ur lappy, it at least makes mine more durable in games. don;t place ur lappy straight onto the table.
• BrUtUs

  2 May 07, 22:00

  better bring to acer...
• ndmmxiaomayi

  3 May 07, 09:11

  Originally posted by dinky1409:

  Hey all.. Lets do this fast..
  
  My laptop is acer travelmate 3280.. Is it true that it will automatically shutdown itself if it gets too hot? I played game and it just shuts down automatically halfway.. Dulan leh..

  Yes. In fact, for all computers.
  
  If you are just using the battery without any power supplied to it, it will shut down after a while, once the battery life is used up.
• dark_snowboy

  3 May 07, 10:27

  This may be due to the thin-ness of your laptop, I have a slim acer laptop myself, centrino model 2 years back... And after 1hour of games it can fry eggs, I wont wish to really try it too
• dark_snowboy

  3 May 07, 10:33

  Oyea, you can try a laptop cooling pad which uses usb, it features a usb hub sometimes too.
  I'm going to try my max temperature using SpeedFan.
• BenBenDeZhu

  3 May 07, 10:36

  play in the freezer
• mochou

  3 May 07, 10:46

  if you are sure the problem is caused by overheat, then get some cooling stuff, blast the air-con in your room.
• dark_snowboy

  3 May 07, 15:43

  reached 93degrees using speedfan
• Lewist

  3 May 07, 15:55

  bring to acer service center at jurong loh..
• ndmmxiaomayi

  3 May 07, 19:08

  Originally posted by dark_snowboy:

  reached 93degrees using speedfan

  I think you can nearly boil water with that.
  
  Better bring it to the service centre...
• dinky1409

  4 May 07, 03:52

  Thanks for all the replies! I'm now playing under aircon haha damn the electricity bill is gonna be the skies this month.. Hmm.. I think I better send it for a check with my school tech support..
  
  Anyway, any idea what could be a problem when there is an "error sound" at the start of my start up? Nothing happens but its just that weird error sound everytime I start up my laptop to sign in my username and password..
  
  Where can I download that temperature monitoring program thingie? Thanks!
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 May 07, 09:16

  When entering your username and password, be careful not to press any other buttons after pressing Enter, otherwise it will generate a beep sound.
  
  As for SpeedFan, here's the link: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
• dark_snowboy

  4 May 07, 10:11

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  I think you can nearly boil water with that.
  
  Better bring it to the service centre...

  this happen for 2years liao
  
  it has something to do with the design of my laptop i guess
• dinky1409

  4 May 07, 23:34

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  When entering your username and password, be careful not to press any other buttons after pressing Enter, otherwise it will generate a beep sound.
  
  As for SpeedFan, here's the link: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

  No I didn't press anything.. Definitely an error sound.. I don't know.. Maybe something that usually starts up together with the start up encountered an error? How to check any idea?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  5 May 07, 01:04

  Originally posted by dinky1409:

  No I didn't press anything.. Definitely an error sound.. I don't know.. Maybe something that usually starts up together with the start up encountered an error? How to check any idea?

  I think the technician enabled the sound...
  
  Most laptops by default have this option turned off. But some technicians turn this option on. It's hardwired... so you can't turn it off.
• dinky1409

  5 May 07, 12:18

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  I think the technician enabled the sound...
  
  Most laptops by default have this option turned off. But some technicians turn this option on. It's hardwired... so you can't turn it off.

  aight thnx mayi once again.. ever-dependent mayi..
• fvwerra

  7 May 07, 18:17

  Originally posted by dinky1409:

  Hey all.. Lets do this fast..
  
  My laptop is acer travelmate 3280.. Is it true that it will automatically shutdown itself if it gets too hot? I played game and it just shuts down automatically halfway.. Dulan leh..

  Overheating are sometime caused by two things. Faulty fan or faulty power
  supply itself. You see, PC or notebook got power doesn't meant that power
  supply got no problem. Check the voltage output of your DC power supply and power unit. Lower than spec power (minus a few milivolts) can caused
  processor to work harder as to compensate it so it could cause auto shutdown
  when it too hot.
  
  I never thought this could happen until my colleague show this.
• fvwerra

  7 May 07, 18:41

  I forgot one thing. Since some DC power give you pulsing power do not be
  alarmed if your multi meter gave you the dancing meter reading(fluctuation). The fluctuation should be a few volts and and regular. If the fluctuation is very irregular then something is wrong.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  7 May 07, 19:29

  Originally posted by fvwerra:

  Overheating are sometime caused by two things. Faulty fan or faulty power
  supply itself. You see, PC or notebook got power doesn't meant that power
  supply got no problem. Check the voltage output of your DC power supply and power unit. Lower than spec power (minus a few milivolts) can caused
  processor to work harder as to compensate it so it could cause auto shutdown
  when it too hot.
  
  I never thought this could happen until my colleague show this.

  I don't think I need to rack my brains on where to buy such tools.
• fvwerra

  8 May 07, 00:25

  A good decent multi meter would suffice. A bit of modification is needed on the
  red (+) and black(-) probe. Get a copper wire core, attach it to the probe's metal tip and insert the copper wire's other end into the DC connector's head according to its polarity. Be careful, even if it can kill the voltage can give you shock.