Acer Aspire One shutting down / switching off fault FIXED !
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- If your laptop / netbook keeps switching itself off or shutting down in under 1 min try this simple fix before you send it away for repair. It may not be broken but have a failing dusty fan.
Hope this works for you. - Наука та технологія
Lol stop doing that with your mouth
LOL. This was back in the day when i had a simple non digital camcorder with no editing. This video had taken me about 8 tries to get through without making a mistake. By the time i shot this my mouth was as dry as a Nuns chuff.
it worked didn't it...no matter the language!
Thanks for the very helpful video. You speak so clearly and allowed adequate time for me to see exactly what was happening and follow along with the directions. I appreciate it, thank you!
Thanks for the feedback.
YOU JUST SAVED ME $180!! This problem has happened to me before. Had it fixed. cost me too much in my opinion. had my data backed up and computer "fixed." Now it happened again. Tried your advice and IT WORKED. I'm running it upside down though in fear the fan may stop working again. Backing up my data on an external drive as i write this. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! For the money it would've cost me to "fix" it, i will buy a new one. thanks again!!!!!!
Your very welcome. Sometimes you can suck the dust out with a vac cleaner.
I KNOW THIS IS A SUPER OLD VIDEO BUT I FOUND MY OLD LAPTOP AND HAD THIS PROBLEM AND DID THE FAN TAPPING THING AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED OMFG THANK HEAVEN FOR THIS MAN! I could not for the life of me find a single other thing on google about it omfg
Glad this old video is still helping. You might try a hoover on the vents.
I received my old Aspire One back from my brother a few days ago who had it for a few years, and it was so filthy beyond words that I had to clean it out immediately. After the cleaning was done I continued to boot the netbook as normal, but during boot it just shut down.
I think you saved me a few hours of headache here. I apparently had forgotten to plug the fan back in. You need to disassemble the entire netbook to get access to the fan, Disassembled the netbook, and there it was :)
Thanks!
So I was shaking my head when I heard the 'tap and blow' recommendation! I have an Acer with the exact same issue that has not worked in MANY years! I was at the point of tearing it apart since I could not find out how to safely open it until I found a walk thru on ifixit which allowed me to open and clean everything that was dusty using compressed air. Sadly it still had the same issue and I was assuming it was the fan that was dead. I tapped the back of the laptop as recommended, but I used a bit more force ;) and wow....its working!!! The HDD was making a very ugly clicking but I'm guessing it was due to not spinning in over 5 or more years! A reboot fixed it and as of now, Xp is running once again! :D Thanks for posting this video Fred! Now I have two more computers to bring back from being dead for years :P
Glad to help Pete. At a future time you still might have to take the bottom off and clean out the fan,
Fred - this nifty little tap-n-blow trick worked like magic for me. Thank you so much for sharing!
Glad to hear it helped you out. If the fan stops again you may have to whip the back off and clean all the dust out. Saying that mine is still working years on.
Oh my gosh thank you so much!! My Acer aspire did this but I did this(I used a vacuum cleaner on a low setting to clear out the dust) but my laptop is working great thanks!!!
Glad it worked for you !
Fred, thank you! I had this issue and you saved me. However, I took mine completely apart and leaned the fan and lubed it.
Working great now. Thanks again, Joel
Thanks I just took the acer apart and cleaned the fan, reassebled and the fan still didn't work! I tried your simple fix and away the fan went! Thanks again. great job!
steve
Thank you so much. I tried once and it didn't work but I persisted and repeated your advice and amazingly it started working after a week when the computer would keep switching
off in the exact way you said. Thank you so so much. Bless you.
Glad to help.
Glad to be of some help. The cooling fan is the weak spot in these great little netbooks. If it starts acting up again i would suggest removing the back cover and cleaning the fan. All the best. Fred
Tap and blow saved my life... Thanks brother
Thank you very much, from this impoverished distance ed student... My degree is back on track (I am typing this with the most quiet laptop I have had in ages... yet it is the same one)!
:) ;) :)
Good luck with your degree! :)
Thanks. :)
Fred in the Shed you are brilliant!! I tapped the fan, blew a bit and wow... works! Thanks!!
Unbelievable I've been having trouble with my acer aspire 5333 for some time now starting up black logo screen then off it goes, I've left it plugged into power omg just seen your blog and gave back of laptop a few good taps and its actually loading .
Thankyou 👌
Could be the fan sticking or failing
Saved me from a huge headache! I think the last step is what saved me! Thanks again! You are awesome.
thanks man, I had that issue with an Acer S7 and your tap and blow method worked a treat! cheers
appreciate the help, good sir! my acer didn't shut down as often as yours or other people's did thankfully (i can only imagine the frustration). but every once and awhile it'll shut down out of nowhere. but after trying your tips, i haven't had a problem since! cheers!
Works like a charm mate even with an HP elitebook G5 thanks.
Oh my god i can't believe this worked you are awesome man !!!🤘🏾
Glad I could help
@@CB-RADIO-UK 💙
Glad to hear it worked for you as well. I wonder how many netbooks have been binned because of this simple fault. Cheers
Glad it worked. A simple no cost repair !
your video on turning the track pad off just saved me 300 bucks I was going to throw it in the trash ..thank you sooooooo much!!!!! and ps my kids watch your videos they say you sound like the gieco lizard lol!!! but for real thank you my friend
Thank you! Worked like a charm on my v3571. You legend!
So pleased this very early video is still working for people. :-)
I did this and a bunch on chip crumbs fell out of my computer and now it works thanks
LOL ;-) glad its working,
LOL ;-) Glad it worked mate !.
If you have that much dust around the vents and fan you may end up having to take the bottom off the case to clean it out. See how it goes.
OMG I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE FAN WORKING NOW!! THANKSS
That's a fair comment.
I only recommend to lightly tap the area to loosen dust. Once you get to this stage and this does not work your looking at disassembly anyway, however this is beyond a lot of people and they will end up binning the netbook. Thanks for your feedback.
Good stuff, glad it reminded you. Lucky there is a thermal cut built in.
IT WORKED Perfectly...thank you!!!
These are a really great old laptop/netbook. They've got an excellent keyboard.
Yes your right the keyboard has "proper" keys.
@@CB-RADIO-UK Decent 12" LCD too. Was a great laptop in its day 👍 I still use mine every now & then, I'm running Antix Linux so it manages well.
thanks a lot man this video seemed to do the trick for my wife's pink netbook. I was going to hate to have to take it apart, its a little tedious. I did it to upgrade the ram once and don't want to again, lol.
Rem to do the tapping first then blow through some air as the tapping help remove fine dust from the fan. Go easy with the air can as they are quite powerfull. Best of luck.
That's a point I never really thought of that. I hope tapping around the fan solves your problem.
Thanks a lot bro now my laptop is working ☺☺☺☺
finally solved it,it's dryed out thermal paste,took the cpu fan/cooling asembly off by removing the three screws.cleaned off the old gubbins,put a blob off fresh on(worth using quality paste) screwed it back together hasent done it since.
Dude, thank you! I forgot connecting fan, and wondered why is it turning of in approximately a minute )
Glad it worked for you also. My little Acer is still going strong after 13 months. :o)
Thanks for the comment. Glad it worked for you as well. My little Netbook is still going strong.
Man! You're awesome sir! Thank you!! Thank you so much!
You, Sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you very much for sharing this information!
My little, rusty-trusty, 5-year-old Acer Spire One A150 runs just fine again!
100 percent it works sir thanks you
Thanks! I hope this works.
Last option of removing the battery and holding the power button worked. Thanks for the tip.
omg ty so much this worked on my Sony laptop. Thanks
Nice to hear this works on a Sony as well. Thanks for the information.
That's great news, thanks for the feedback.
Thanks. Mine has been running fine for over a year now (although i dont use it so much now). Seems to work for some. Cheers
No worries.
Its a fault with the fan iam affraid. Mine has run strong for over 9 months now since i sprayed it with compressed air. If it keeps going down you may have to take off the back and give the fan rotor a good clean. At worse a new fan can be bought on E Bay for around £25. Best of luck.
PS. I ve done the bios thing, which was fun :-/
Thank you so much sir.it's very help.
Most welcome
@BOOBO1023
Hi, Are you talking about the "pinch and zoom" function along with the scroll on the touch pad ?
Problem your going to have is the Acer One is really meant for XP so you may have to try other Acer laptop drivers and see if one works.
If you google " Acer One Windows 7 touch pad drivers" there is some chat on forum's to read.
I think i would go to the Main Acer support site and download a few drivers. Best of luck.
Thanks. I had the exact same problem. Just tapping the fan was enough :)
Worked for me. Great tip. Thanks
Glad it worked. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers.
It works ! Thank you very much !!
Glad the old video is still working. Thanks for the feedback.
Your issues *could* be software based. You could try F10 at boot and performing a System Recovery. The best part, is that it is one solution that requires very little technical knowledge on your part, to make it happen. You MUST !!!! back up the data (pictures, documents, etc) that you want to keep, turn off the laptop, turn it back on, and hit F10 repeatedly during the Acer logo to start the process.
If it is hardware based, like Bad Ram for example, this takes a bit more to diagnose. Cheers
Great news. Hopefully your be ok now.
Thank you bro. You are awesome
sounds weird but it fixed my problem, thanks very much.
Yes in affect it still in there but you have moved it away from the cooling fan rotor. The tolerence on the fan must be very tight on these models. The next logical step would be to remove the back and hover it all out. Ive not bothered with mine though :o)
That's good to hear. Thanks for the feedback.
CPU can run quite hot depending on the load. My i5 Acer gets very warm if i am running a video game. It does sound like a Bios problem but hopefully now you have re flashed it will be ok. Best of luck.
Thank u for your tip ! it works totally ... =)
Thank you so much..!!!! This worked like a charm. I hadn't noticed the fan wasn't running. Did your trick and what do you know???? It started right up (the fan) and now the laptop works fine. God Bless You!
why you keep doing that with the mouth do you have a candy or what
+morris malosno Good olde Chattanooga Chew Tobacco, Dip yah all.
ok
I would try to re- flash the Bios. If you google you should find a step by step guide for your machine. What you do is download the new Bios file and place it on a usb stick drive and set the computer to boot from that via the boot first options. This will install an updated Bios. Best I can do. Good luck.
it worked for me, thanks
Worked perfectly! Thanks!
i really appreciate that you took a time to reply mee thank you that was very helpful for me thanks bro
Thanks sooo much! The first one worked great!
Im happy for you
@ GD . If you are pressing F2 to get into the BIOS screen and it comes up, you need a password. Your BIOS is password protected fairly simple job. If you know what you're doing, remove all the cover and inside you will find a small battery remove the battery for about 20 seconds, then reinstall the battery, that will remove your BIOS protection password, if you're not confident doing it yourself. Take it to a repair shop. They can do that in 15 minutes. No problem. Hopefully this helps, sorry for butting in Fred my friend
No probs me old mate any extra information helps folks. Cheers
Thanks bro the first one word jusr fine..
Many Thanks and Bless you.
Not too sure tbh. How long does the computer work in the bios screen ? If the fan is shuttting once the operating system ( i assume Windows) is loading it could be some kind of a driver problem. You may need to re-install the operating system.
Great stuff, another fix !.
Acer normally have a built in software reset function. It varies from model you will need to google. It will be something like pressing ctrl and f10 over and over again whilst it boots.
Can you actually hear the fan working as it could be that. Finally you may need a bios update. You will need a usb pen stick for this and change the computer to boot from that first. Once again all in google. Best of luck.
tap and blow worked great, thanks.
Thanks I might try this
Worth a try. Often overlooked ;-)
YOU NEED TO STOP SMACKING EVERY TIME YOU START TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CANT I AM A SMACKING JUNKY LOL. Serious note. Hope it fixed your problem. All the best.
Jeremy. You need to stop typing in caps. *nods*
Kinda busy right now, but I will take it under consideration.
lol you're a funny person
Looool
Thank you so much!
Good stuff. Mines still going strong as well.v
Thanks man! When I blew into my laptop a whole lot of dust went into my mouth XD because I wasn't expecting that
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Other than overheating I am not sure tbh. Does it still shut down whilst in the Bios screen.
You used to be able to pick up new fan assem for around £20 on ebay. Might be worth a try ?
Hello, thanks for the helpful video, can u please tell me where can I get the spray duster ?
Didn't work for me. :( how do I take the back off to get to the fan? Saw one video which was a speed run at it (not helpful) and he took the keyboard off and the back off and the motherboard out... Is that going to be the path I need also, or did he go overkill do you know?
Yes its a motherboard out job I am afraid. That's the main reason I did not want to rip mine apart. Can be done though if you take your time.
Best written guide I ve ever found
www.ifixit.com/Guide/Acer+Aspire+One+ZG5+Fan+Replacement/3780
You tube video.
Acer Aspire One Netbook Disassembly
hey it really helped man
Thank soomuch
You have beautiful hands :D
+Neni Castelazo What a lovely comment. No one has ever said that before, blushing here.
hehe well maybe not many people notice hands but I always do :D
thanks bro worked for me.
Can you get it to go into the bios settings ? If so does it stay on or still shut down ?
it workkk God bless youu ~
Glad to help out
Good looking out!!
Great to hear.
My old acre aspire 5536 keeps turning off unless if it is flipped over! I finally got a new laptop cause my old acer laptop was crap, and it was that way since the day I got it!
received your email back quick question where does the dust end up if all I did was blow into the vents does that mean there is dust stuck inside?? thanks
If it does not turn off in BIOS then its most likely a software problem / virus.
Try a windows roll back to a earlier time when you knew it was ok.
If it stills shuts down you may have to go into Acer Recovery and try a total reset.
thanks it helped
+shrilay pandya (shrill) Great news. Thanks for the comment.
Mine is like this but it only stays on for 3 or 4 seconds
Mine is, when I turn on. The fan and led power is running. but it just black screen won't boot up to windows . I don't know what happened
It worked! Thanks a mil! I have a question though. The tap and blow didn't work for me but the capacitive technique did. What is the issue that the capacitive technique thingy solved? Is it still something to do with the fan?
Hello, glad it worked. Not quite sure what you mean by capacitive tech ? To me capacitive means something like a touch screen or mouse pad ? Anyway if the fan stops due to dust build up the laptop will automatically turn off to prevent overheating. ;-)
fredintheshed1 Oh, I was referring to the 2nd technique that you showed where you take off the battery and hold the power button for about 40 seconds. Anyway, thanks again! :)
Janah Monsanto Got you. This is to totally discharge the power circuit. Sometimes works but did not for me as my fan was sticking.