Acer :: Aspire One ZG5 Shuts Off At Startup
Oct 5, 2009
Quick background:
My dad just returned from Afghanistan and is home for a few weeks before he heads back (by home I mean with my mother - i.e. I am not with them so I cannot get my hands on the computer).
He's been using his netbook (Acer Aspire One ZG5) while over there and brought it back with him. It's been working perfectly fine for the last 6 months while he was there, but today when he tried to turn it on to show some pictures to my mom it wouldn't.
The computer would start up fine and begin loading windows. Then it just dies - it just shuts itself off.
The next time, the computer gave them the option to turn it on in safe mode which they tried. Same problem.
They've tried several times and it won't start - it also fails at different times.
Sometimes it almost fully loads windows and other times it shuts off a lot sooner.
I made him open the BIOS which worked fine... for a few seconds and then randomly shut itself off again.
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After that it worked better for a while but now the same thing have happened again but there are some differences from earlier. IT´S WORSE.Â
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2. The fan starts directly when I start the computer and goes on 100% all the time (even if I don´t do anything).Â
3. After 3-4 minutes the laptop shut itself down. Even if I go into the BIOS at start-up and just leave it.Â
4. I have cleaned it again and everything but the same thing happens after I have mount it together again.Â
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