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acer aspire randomy turns off

maxwonga

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Jan 28, 2013
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My acer aspire 7740 randomly switches off, i have checked similer problems on this forum but no luck, it may stay on 40 mins but mostly 5 mins or less, when works fine
fan works ok rseated cpu thermal paste charger works battery ok have swapped hard drives removed dust.... any help appreciated

thanks sean
 
Hmm, have you done good deep scans for viruses and other malicious files? If not I would.

If that doesn't do it, I would be leaning towards the motherboard going bad.

Anyone else have any suggestions?