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Question

My Acer aspire frozes in windows 8

Jun 27, 2013 5:57PM PDT

Hi!

I have an Acer Aspire 5057G with WINDOWS 8.

When I am ussing it frozens and I have to reboot with the I/O Buttom. I dont understand why happen this...

Anybody nows the fix for this problem?


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Re: freeze
Jun 27, 2013 6:04PM PDT

It's either caused by software or by hardware.

The common way to research this is:
- Work from a Linux disc. If it freezes then also, it's hardware. If it's OK, continue.
- System recovery back to factory conditions. If it works OK then, it was software and it's solved.
- If it still doesn't work correctly, it needs repair. If you still have warranty, that's free.

Kees

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Definitely warranty issue.
Jun 28, 2013 1:15AM PDT

Be sure to call it in fast. In fact if it's returnable why keep this one? If you can take it back for another, that saves you the trouble of the call.
Bob