Acer Extensa 5220 overheating

I would get the fan replaced first!

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I don't think that Acer put their name on this part. Make sure that the part number and specs match, and you are good to go.

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You can check with eBay. The part should be available on there. If not let me know, I have a couple vendors that should have it in stock if you do not want to deal with eBay

Ghosts!

So what did you do? Nothing at all? No update?

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Interesting indeed. Make sure that you create a restore point now, just in case.

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You are certainly welcome. Enjoy NBF (notebook forums)!

We have good friends in ghosts ;-)

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I would do any BIOS update that might be available for your system. Many times they update them to make the fans spin sooner/faster then when the BIOS was first written

Yes. If they have it.

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I am 50%/50% on the BIOS update in this instance. Because the cause of overheating seemed to be a complete fan failure and not fan running but still overheating. I ask what benefit would BIOS update give. Yes some BIOS updates do exactly what was said, change when and how fans operate unless known issues I lean toward do nothing.

If anyone reads my past posts I am not the biggest supporter of driver or BIOS updates without having reasons. I think it is cool others do different and neither is really "the correct" way. Just preference. OP not being familiar with BIOS flash unless now is the time they want to learn, leave well enough alone. Bad BIOS flash can be a major headache especially with someone new to it.

Just my thoughts. If it works let lay. Hopefully it keeps working if it happens again let's re-evaluate at that time.

I am considering maybe you jostled something and re-established the connection, but that is just speculation. I would run HWMonitor from now on to track temps. It shows current/lowest/highest and is free. This will be very helpful to monitor how the fan is working or not.

Best of luck (cheers).

Why do anti-virus companies come out with updated virus definitions all the time? Or why does Microsoft have O.S. updates?

You think company's make these updates for no reason?

No, these BIOS upgrades come out to fix very specific problems on specific models. If that particular problem is not happening with the laptop in question, its best not to try them.(Dont try and fix something that isnt broken) Most often the fastest way to trash and working laptop. Then, the only alternative is to go to a 3rd party company to have the original BIOS flashed which could cost $100 or more

so the instructions that are written that are updated to correct issues known to occur with a system is not worth to update and keeping the older instructions which do not help prevent from certain failures to occur is the best option?

When the BIOS gets updated, it almost always backs up the original if there is an issue for some reason during the flash.

I have done easily over 1,000 BIOS updates in my lifetime and NEVER once had an issue with doing it. If you can install a program in your O.S. then you can do a BIOS update...


Here is an example for you...... HP came out with a BIOS update for their dv2000/dv6000/dv9000 series notebooks to have the fans come on sooner to prevent heat related northbridge and southbridge failures which is common in those models. They lose video, get distorted video, and lose WiFi. HP knows about and was replacing boards for people at no cost to them if they had the specific model.

So in your logic, you would of not updated your BIOS which would of helped the unit run cooler by having the fan turn on sooner? This is a problem you could of avoided if you would of done the recommended update by HP in this example...

Here is another example. Toshiba A100/105 series has known issues where the USB ports fail. Toshiba came out with a BIOS update a couple years ago which corrected the problem.

Would you of not done the update to prevent your USB ports from failing or would you of waited for the problem to happen first?

I am a big believer of "if its not broke, dont try and fix it". If I am not experiencing issues, I am not going to be looking for tweeks or potential fixes.