Recent content by surdos

Hi, I've finally taken my laptop apart and applied paste to the cpu, some other giant intel chip, some big transistor looking things, the gpu and it's 2 memory chips. 7 components in total. The heat sink on the gpu memory and the transistor look a like things was absolutely appalling, looked...

Yeh ok, I've ordered the thermal paste and remover stuff. Will do it in coursemates dorm room so i can see the instructions on his screen will let you know the results cheers ^_^

Hey, thanks i'll read the undervolting guide when i get time. I'll also buy some thermal paste equipment and take my laptop apart if it feels necessary after undervolting (prob not). ^_^

Yeh that's a great idea. I found this: http://www.acerlaptoprepairs.info/aspire-5738g-5738zg-5738z-5738-5338-5536-5536g-5236/removing-the-wlan-modules.html Which shows me an epically long process to get the heatsink off. Do you reckon it's worth the risk of me taking it all apart and checking...

aw shame really. Laptop was so much bang for buck and its not stable :( Thanks, ur right the bios is the most limited possible. I thought it could be a combination of bad air flow Design and the thermal paste application. I have tried to disassemble it but its almost impossible and I could only...

Hey i was wondering if anyone knows if its a common issue with these laptops, why this is happening and what can be done about it Acer Aspire 5738g CPU: T6600 GPU: HD4570 Windows 7 64-bit 15.6" 1 yr old (always been like this)