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ASPIRE 1600 overheating problem

post #1 of 13
5/26/04 at 8:17am
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the fan of my acer aspire 1600 is very loud, and the notebook overheats sometimes.
i work a lot with photoshop and autocad. after aprox. one hour the notebook randomly shuts down.
i have a wireless card pluged in, producing extra heat.
the problem is that when i use i. explorer, outlook, word, the fan is working at full speed, though it does not shut down.
is there any solution for that problem?
i am using windows xp.
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post #2 of 13
6/10/04 at 10:23pm
How do you know it overheats ? I have a 1622, so maybe I could have the same problem in the future.
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post #3 of 13
6/12/04 at 3:19pm
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well, by now my acer doesn't work anymore. i turn it on, and the fan makes much noise from the beginning. the lamp of the battery goes on and off. that's all, no screen, bootcd or disk do not work either.
the customer support of acer germany told me, that the temperature sensor might not work properly.
I don't know if it is that or if the hard drive doesn't work anymore. the last thing that i did was turning on hibernatin in windows xp. after that I turned my notebook off and the next day it did not work any more
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post #4 of 13
6/12/04 at 11:17pm
How about the warranty ?
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post #5 of 13
6/13/04 at 1:10am
What happens when its plugged in AC power and u try to power it on?

do u just get a black screen and nothing comes up?
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post #6 of 13
6/13/04 at 6:47pm
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warranty has expired 2 months ago.

when it's plugged in AC power nothin changes. i just get a blank screen, the battery lamp starts blinking. i tried every combination, with AC power, without, AC power without battery and so on.
the lamp of my dvd also starts blinking periodically.
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post #7 of 13
6/13/04 at 10:52pm
sounds like a dead hd
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post #8 of 13
7/11/04 at 11:19pm
No dead hard-drive problem, it's just the thermal paste that ACER use that is crap!

I own an ASPIRE 1604LC, 9 months old and after a lot of SolidWorks, UT2004 and loads and loads of movie hours it started overheating until it simply switched off (precisely when I most needed it to finish my studies...)

I've checked that it was a cpu overheating problem with Hardware Monitor (which is Aspire compatible) running the Prime95 torture chamber until it crashed as usual (@84ºC)

I decided to open the computer since I could not afford being without it for one or two weeks for repair (it's still in the warranty period). After several atempts I've found out that it's pretty easy to open the Aspire 1600 and access the cpu:

1) open-wide the screen in order to completely expose the hinge cover (where it says Aspire 1600-it's actually just a lid);
2) remove each hinge cover by hand and with the help of a phillips screw driver (to pull them up);
3) unscrew the power button;
4) unscrew the keyboard (3 screws);
5) detach the keyboard pulling it towards the screen;
6) you now have access to the cpu cooling unit with 4 screws to ...err unscrew.

You should be able to see that the thermal paste is totally dry. I've just cleaned the old one and spreaded some brand new one and my laptop is down from 75-83ºC to 55-75ºC. It's still a rather noisy machine though, but that's a diferent problem...

Regarding the blinking battery light: it means that the battery is above 95% and below 100% of its capacity and won't be recharged to save its life... you need to use it a bit and then reconnect the AC power back on...

Hope this was useful!
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post #9 of 13
1/24/05 at 8:46am
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Originally Posted by zmaster!
No dead hard-drive problem, it's just the thermal paste that ACER use that is crap!

I own an ASPIRE 1604LC, 9 months old and after a lot of SolidWorks, UT2004 and loads and loads of movie hours it started overheating until it simply switched off (precisely when I most needed it to finish my studies...)

I've checked that it was a cpu overheating problem with Hardware Monitor (which is Aspire compatible) running the Prime95 torture chamber until it crashed as usual (@84ºC)

I decided to open the computer since I could not afford being without it for one or two weeks for repair (it's still in the warranty period). After several atempts I've found out that it's pretty easy to open the Aspire 1600 and access the cpu:

1) open-wide the screen in order to completely expose the hinge cover (where it says Aspire 1600-it's actually just a lid);
2) remove each hinge cover by hand and with the help of a phillips screw driver (to pull them up);
3) unscrew the power button;
4) unscrew the keyboard (3 screws);
5) detach the keyboard pulling it towards the screen;
6) you now have access to the cpu cooling unit with 4 screws to ...err unscrew.

You should be able to see that the thermal paste is totally dry. I've just cleaned the old one and spreaded some brand new one and my laptop is down from 75-83ºC to 55-75ºC. It's still a rather noisy machine though, but that's a diferent problem...

Regarding the blinking battery light: it means that the battery is above 95% and below 100% of its capacity and won't be recharged to save its life... you need to use it a bit and then reconnect the AC power back on...

Hope this was useful!
This is an absolutely top class answer!

Yesterday I've bought an Arctic Silver 5 tube and tried to follow the process you describe to apply it between the processor and the heatsink.

Unfortunately I'm having a little problem and I would be grateful if you have any ideas... While I unscrewed all screws from the back, removed the battery, removed the dvd and the hd and unscrewed some more screws located inside, the damn lid does not come out! Its lower part (where the dvd is) can be removed but the upper part (where the floppy drive and the sound card are located) resists any pressure I apply! Let me assure you that I applied quite some pressure! There is something holding it firm, but i can't find any screws or anything else!

I would be grateful if you had any idea what's holding the upper part of the lid!

(zmaster sorry to have sent you this as a private message as well, but I'm really looking forward to your reply!)
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post #10 of 13
1/27/05 at 6:08pm
I just made a post with a similar problem which I want to solve using the solution provided. Only I have no idea how to open up everything, a litte guidance is welcome :P.
Btw, Acer Aspire 1622, so an updated version. I guess that makes it a little different then described earlier in this post.
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post #11 of 13
1/28/05 at 12:11pm
I have a Apsire 1600, and had the same overheating problems.

The solution is not only the paste, when you take apart your heatsink (just srew the top plate off) you'll see that there is a thick piece of dust blocking the airflow, remove that and you'll have a normal airflow again, your fan won't be so loud anymore and the temp will drop. In my experience you have te clean it every 6 months.

Grtz
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post #12 of 13
1/28/05 at 4:05pm
grass thanks man... I would appreciate (and Lucien I imagine) some more instructions on how to get rid of the top lid. As I said, I have unscrewed all the screws and still it's not going out.
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post #13 of 13
8/14/08 at 4:34pm
Well, what can I say four years on, better late than never...

You can find some pictures on this thread:

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread26493.html

btw, still using the same Aspire 1600! I've found out that vacuum cleaning it does miracles on the overheating problem! Just open the case, remove the keyboard and vacuum the whole thing! ...careful not to suck anything essential... put a sock on the mouth of the vc...
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