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Acer 5100 noise from speakers and cpu runs 100%

I have bought a second hand Acer Laptop 5100 and have problems when I watch a dvd or play games. This problem happens and lasts about 1 min, and happens about every 4 - 5 min. I went to task manager when it happens and cpu runs 100% I am running on Windows Vista.

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  • Anonymous Mar 21, 2009

    New dvd's, but it happense even when I play and game like, GameHouse games, even watching videos on youtube.

  • gimme316 Mar 21, 2009

    new dvds, but happens even while playing games from GameHouse, and watching music vidoes on Youtube..

  • gimme316 Mar 21, 2009

    Sorry I forgot to sign in.. it's my post above.

  • gimme316 Mar 21, 2009

    lol. I did..



    " Thank you for contacting Acer America. I apologize for the inconvenience that you have experienced. Several items can cause a system to run slow, or perhaps lock up. Over time, as more software and files are installed on a computer it may become slow. A fragmented drive can also cause a computer to run slow. I suggest you scandisk and defrag the drive again. Then go to Internet Explorer under Tools and Internet Options to delete temporary internet files and clear the history. If this does not resolve the issue, I would strongly recommend to back up your data and do full system recovery if you are getting error messages. "



    Not even what I asked them

  • John Sparozich May 11, 2010

    Does this happen with all DVD's, New, Rented, Home made?

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Even though you bought the laptop used, you can try going to www.acer.com and leave a message they may be able to give you more advice.
I am thinking it could be the DVD drive or maybe even a memory issue, not really sure, maybe you need to add more memory, I think Acer will be able to help.
Good Luck.

  • John Sparozich Mar 21, 2009

    Ok, if you have the restore and driver DVD's then by all means back up your data like pictures and document and do the restore.

    Remember you will lose everything on your drive if you choose to do this, but this still may not resolve your issue.

    Do this first, How much memory do you have and how much free space is on your hard drive?

    I don't like suggesting to reinstall unless that is the only option.

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