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laptop won't start

  • 15-10-2018 8:20am
    #1
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,284 ✭✭✭


    My son has an Acer Aspire 5552, which has been running hot for a while, and he's used an external fan to try to keep it cooler. Now it won't start, internal fan comes on for a couple of seconds then it stops.

    I've taken it apart, cleaned a nice little blanket of fluff from the cooler, new paste on the chips, tried starting with no hdd/dvd drive attached, different ram, battery/no battery. No joy.

    Is it worth a shot buying a replacement CPU for say €10 ?
    I know CPUs tend to shut down if they get too hot, I'm just wondering if prolonged running hot would burn one out.
    I think its this CPU http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Athlon%20II%20Dual-Core%20Mobile%20P320%20-%20AMP320SGR22GM.html


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  • #2
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,284 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    New CPU arrived and fitted. Same issue. Any ideas?


  • #3
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    No POST beeps = no info. At that point you're probably looking at board repair/new board which is never gonna be worth it with Athlon 2.

    Unless you can get some more diagnostic info out of it I'd bin it.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    New CPU arrived and fitted. Same issue. Any ideas?

    Time for the laptop graveyard I think.

    It appears to be a laptop from 2010 so it had a decent innings.


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