I have ACER TRAVLMATE 4150.NOW when i try to burn a cd using windows media player 11...while converting mp3s to wave its shuts dhus down then i have to restart.It happend while i was zipping a file couple of days ago...
Anyone can tell me why and any resolution?
2007-01-07 05:38:26 · 2 answers · asked by WB 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Sounds mostly like a heat issue to me.
How old is this computer? There may be a lot of dust inside that could be gunking up the fans and causing it to overheat when the computer needs to think a lot.
Do people smoke around the computer? Smoke is by far a thousand times worse than dust.
How much RAM do you have? Are you running too many programs in memory?
Does acer provide some way of running system or hardware diagnostics... it's really less likely but it may be the processor itself that needs attention.
Does your laptop feel hotter than normal?
2007-01-07 05:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Heh? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your laptop does not have enough resources to perform both operation (i.e. CD burning and zipping a file). It might be your laptop does not have sufficient memory and/or CPU power. You can avoid the shutdown by only performing one operation at a time or you can boost your memory and CPU power. You can boost your memory by either increasing your virtual memory (free) or purchasing more RAM (not so free). As for the CPU power, you can overclock your CPU (free) or upgrade your CPU (not so free).
By the way, if you hard drive is almost full then it is possible it can cause insufficient memory and shutdown the laptop.
2007-01-07 13:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋