2007-11-21
4 Month Old Acer Laptop - Should be fine, right?…… right?!
After purchasing my wonderful Acer laptop, I was more than exstatic about the features I was to encounter.
SignalUp Enhanced Wifi Capabilities, Intel HD Audio, 15.4 inch widescreen LCD, Pentium 4 and 1GB RAM had me perfectly happy for 4 months... but then...
I booted up; Logged On and started Firefox as per any usual day. I browse to Web Hosting Search, read a bit and suddenly my screen freezes, goes blank, and I hear an almighty "bang" as what I later found to be my PSU and MotherBoard, had - for lack of a better phrase - 'blown up'. Watch out folks... This had me offline for a week and a half; Not what I expected from Acer, and not exactly safe either.
Oh well, I guess that'll teach me not to overclock :-D
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Commented by: halı yıkama, 29 July, 2009
4 Month Old Acer Laptop - Should be fine, right?…… right?! | The Hosting Nerds' Speakeasy great article thank you.
Commented by: halı yıkama, 24 December, 2009
Oh well, I guess that’ll teach me not to overclock :-D
Commented by: carpet washing machine, 11 March, 2010
thanks for the artical
Commented by: Gas Detector :, 26 October, 2010
acer laptops are some of the best brands of laptops that you can buy`,;
Commented by: Paige @ Acer Factory, 1 November, 2010
Hi there, just doing some research for my Acer website. Lots of information out there. Wasn't what I was looking for, but cool site. Have a great day.