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Guest
Hi
I recently moved to a new house and ever since then, my laptop (an Acer
Aspire 3610) has been randomly just turning off on its own, and is also
unusually slow. I'm connected to a router with four other computers on a
network. Every so often it will turn off (usually when I'm playing music on
itunes) but it has happened other times too. When I try to turn it back on,
it sometimes just turns off right away or I can't even get it to go on at
all. Mostly I have been getting a message which says something like "checking
file system C:FAT 32 for consistency" (Which I am guessing is my hard disk?)
It takes a while to check it and then I can run windows again. But usually a
while later it will turn off again. Today I got a different message when my
computer took 5 times to turn back on, but I can't remember what it said
because it kept turning off while I was trying to read it...
I've tried alot of things but it keeps happening - uninstalled then
reinstaled programs, defragmented the hard drive, cleaned up unneccessary
files, ran virus scans, checked connections...
I'm not sure what to do - in another post someone recommended cleaning the
inside where the fans are to get rid of dust (possible overheating....?) I
don't really know how to get in there though - I don't want to ruin anything!
I think that's pretty much all the info I can think of at the moment - any
help would be appreciated!!
I recently moved to a new house and ever since then, my laptop (an Acer
Aspire 3610) has been randomly just turning off on its own, and is also
unusually slow. I'm connected to a router with four other computers on a
network. Every so often it will turn off (usually when I'm playing music on
itunes) but it has happened other times too. When I try to turn it back on,
it sometimes just turns off right away or I can't even get it to go on at
all. Mostly I have been getting a message which says something like "checking
file system C:FAT 32 for consistency" (Which I am guessing is my hard disk?)
It takes a while to check it and then I can run windows again. But usually a
while later it will turn off again. Today I got a different message when my
computer took 5 times to turn back on, but I can't remember what it said
because it kept turning off while I was trying to read it...
I've tried alot of things but it keeps happening - uninstalled then
reinstaled programs, defragmented the hard drive, cleaned up unneccessary
files, ran virus scans, checked connections...
I'm not sure what to do - in another post someone recommended cleaning the
inside where the fans are to get rid of dust (possible overheating....?) I
don't really know how to get in there though - I don't want to ruin anything!
I think that's pretty much all the info I can think of at the moment - any
help would be appreciated!!