Acer laptop power button and fan problem

It sounds to me like your battery is critically dead and needs recharging very very badly.

Trying doing a Hardreset
Remove the adaptor and Battery and press the Power for about 30 secs

Shut down sporadically, caused by rising temperatures on the processor (processor overheat). Processor overheat, caused by damage to the processor fan. Processor fan function to reduce the processor temperature.

Possibilities and solutions
1. The possibility of sluggish processor fan. Processor fan spins, with a low speed, so it can not reduce the processor temperature.
Solution: clean the processor fan with a vacuum cleaner, or replace the processor fan.
2. The possibility of fan processor die.
Solution: replace the processor fan.

The characteristics of damage to the processor fan
After the laptop is turned off (more than 1 hour), the laptop can turn on and survive + - 30 minutes. In the period of + - 30 minutes, the laptop died suddenly, because the processor temperature exceeds safe limits (shut down temperature).

How to check
Laptop is turned off (more than 1 hour), then turn on. Download and install software to check the processor temperature. Ex. Real Temp 3.60. See the change in temperature. If the temperature continues to rise, it can certainly cause damage to the processor fan.
- Normal temperature, when first turned on + - 38oC
- Normal temperature, after turn on for hours 40oC - 45oC
- Temperature overheat processor, when first turned on 60oC - 65oC

First try to reset the hardware using the following steps:

1 Disconnect the battery and the charger
2 Let it sit for 1-2 minutes.
3 Press and hold down the power button for 30 seconds.
4 Reconnect battery and charger, try to start by pressing the power button.

If it remains same, connect an external monitor to the VGA output of the system and then turn it on.

Let me know the results.

Hi,
Please try the steps below..

1 Disconnect the battery and the charger
2 Let it sit for 1-2 minutes.
3 Press and hold down the power button for 30 seconds.
4 Conncet the charger (don't connect the battery yet) and try to start by pressing the power button.


Also listen carefully for any beep sounds if you hear beep sound then the rams could be defective otherwise the mother board seems to be defective.

That is a known issue with that model of computer. The battery is not very good. I recommend taking it to a certified repair technician for an expanded battery.
My cousin has one and using windows 7 he gets about 20 to 30 minutes of battery life on average.

Hello,

Try doing power callibration once
1.Remove the battery and press the power button for 30 sec.
2.Refix and charge the notebook for 4-5 hours in shdown mode.
3.check about the backup.

If no backup is there, call Acer to replace the battery.


Thanks

i have this problem 2 days ago.. and this works on me... maybe on your's too

you may need to flash your bios. why need to flash the bios.. ? 1. had the black screen of death. or deleted the bios



how to flash the bios:

STEP 1.download the AA1 BIOS from this link:

http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/AS1_BIOS_3309.zip

2. extract the file
3. rename the file 3309.fd to zg5ia32.fd
4. put zg5ia32.fd and FLASHIT.EXE onto the usb drive


now, start the process

STEP 2
A. make sure the power cable is in
B. the laptop is turned OFF
C. Plug the usb stick in!

STEP 3:
Press and HOLD down the FN and ESC key together
then press the power button, while holding the buttons

release the power button and continue holding FN and ESC for about 5 seconds
release the buttons and the power light will start to blink
let the laptop run and DO NOT PRESS anything this can take upto 8 mins
when it's done the laptop will restart.

this works on me... good luck.. and i hope it will help you.....

Try taking the battery out before you turn it on. Have seen completely a dead dead battery keeping a laptop from starting up. Does the hard drive activity light flickering? If it is you can try holding down the Function button (FN) and there should be another button to hit to switch between LCD\CRT.

hold the power button down for a REALLY LONG TIME... 30 seconds.. if thats what it takes...