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post #21 of 32
2/23/06 at 9:20pm
No, no, there is a phenomenon called creep, which occurs well below the melting temperature. The plastic is pretty soft and thin. From the above, you can't see that it is warped, only when you close the lid. One of the pictures makes the warping look worse than it is in reality.

The fan appears to be working, but the computer became slower. Something must have been damaged.

And the right side is warped, not the whole notebook. Only near the heat exhaust. That may weaken your theory. In addition, isn't "its" mispelled "it's"?




This is actually terrible and inadmissible.

I am sending it back.
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post #22 of 32
2/23/06 at 9:31pm
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Originally Posted by Peter Sand
No, no, there is a phenomenon called creep, which occurs well below the melting temperature. The plastic is pretty soft and thin. From the above, you can't see that it is warped, only when you close the lid. One of the pictures makes the warping look worse than it is in reality.

The fan appears to be working, but the computer became slower. Something must have been damaged.

And the right side is warped, not the whole notebook. Only near the heat exhaust. That may weaken your theory. In addition, isn't "its" mispelled "it's"?




This is actually terrible and inadmissible.

I am sending it back.
The areas that are warped on your notebook are all in the direct vicinity of the heat exchanger itself, which makes logical sense as the first place that heat build-up will occur. It's obvious that the actual heat pipes running from the CPU and GPU to the heat exhanger are attached and working correctly (otherwise the heat would not have been transferred there in the first place). So the primary suspects are a failed or non-performant fan, a partially/fully blocked inlet (at the base of the unit) or a partially/fully blocked outlet (at the right side of the unit).

Unless you're suggesting that the cooling system as a whole is just plain inadequate?

Sending it back is the way to go.
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post #23 of 32
2/23/06 at 9:42pm
clevo 888e anyone?

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=1554
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post #24 of 32
2/23/06 at 9:48pm
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Originally Posted by doggie96
Ouch! I think I'll refrain from using standby as a precaution! Thanks for the link.
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post #25 of 32
2/23/06 at 10:26pm
I never transport a laptop in Standby for that very reason. Saw that happen to a PowerBook one time. If I'm going to travel I will always shut her down or use Hybernate.
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post #26 of 32
2/24/06 at 12:12am
Looking at the pictures, the plastic slats beneath the fan seem to have melted. On my 8204, they're the coolest bit since they have a constant cool airflow over them. Either the fan stopped working or the airflow through the vent was restricted somehow.

I haven't had any heat problems and even when running things like the ATi "Dangerous Curves" demo, the heat generated is probably less than my Dell D800...
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post #27 of 32
2/24/06 at 1:01am
I just played 1 1/2 hrs of bf2 on my new 8204 and the bottom is just slightly warm. Warm aire is being circulated out, but the laptop seems to be cooling very well.
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post #28 of 32
2/24/06 at 1:12am

Vent

Hi,

does the fact that ventilation fan pumps air on the right side bother anybody ? Is it beyond a point of being comfortable.

I ordered the 8204, but refused at the delivery. Waiting to see how they will resolve the memory speed issue.

thx.
Phil
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post #29 of 32
2/24/06 at 1:14am
The hottest part of my 8204 is the hard drive bay... It gets quit crispy, but the heat can only be felt underneath the case (not on the wrist rest).
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post #30 of 32
2/24/06 at 1:15am
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Originally Posted by philnyc
Hi,

does the fact that ventilation fan pumps air on the right side bother anybody ? Is it beyond a point of being comfortable.

I ordered the 8204, but refused at the delivery. Waiting to see how they will resolve the memory speed issue.

thx.
Phil
Yah it could be annoying, but 90% of the time i use the trackpad and not a mouse.
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post #31 of 32
2/24/06 at 1:23am
I just push the notebook a little farther back on the desk, and/or hold my mouse a little bit farther forward. I have to be mousing pretty much right next to the vent to have any really noticable affect.
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post #32 of 32
2/25/06 at 4:11am
On my 8204 I often see the AcerVCM.exe process using 100% CPU of 1 core (50% CPU in task manager) maybe this is adding to your over heating problem.

I uninstalled Acer power management and installed RightMark version 2.05 available on their forum that supports the dual core yonah. It lets you set your CPU to performance on demand so it sits at 1Ghz when not doing anything and then switches to 2Ghz when required. I have it set to that for when its on AC and on DC and it runs way cooler. Also that app shows the CPU speed in the task tray so when I see it is stuck on 2Ghz and hear the fan on I usually know that AcerVCM has ran into it's problem. Time to uninstall VCM I reckon...

RightMark 2.05
http://forum.rightmark.org/topic.cgi?id=6:531
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