Small technical question..........

[TimeLord]

I have an ACER laptop atm which is a brilliant little machine but recently it has developed an annoying fault.

After being on for a couple of hours the sound coming out the speakers is all crackly and distorted.

However after restarting my laptop everything is fine again until its been on for a couple of hours.

Can someone explain the problem to me please, is it the sound card, the speakers or something worse

[sub]BTW hitting the laptop doesn't make a difference and I think makes it angry[/sub]

EDIT: I should also mention that putting up with the crackle and distortedness for about 10min causes the sound to return to normal without doing anything or moving the laptop

 

[dommyuk]

Does it do it when you use headphones?

 

[Asickorphan]

OK, don't hit it.

It's probably overheating, causing a problem with the motherboard and/or sound card (if it has one).

Try getting a gel cushion thing and putting it under it to cool it down.

Yeah I agree its just proly over heating try to get something to cool it down...

 

[TimeLord]

Does it do it when you use headphones?

No it doesn't

 

[dommyuk]

Does it do it when you use headphones?

No it doesn't

I think it may be a problem with the speakers, but try other peoples suggestions and see if that fixes it.

 

[dududf]

Download speccy, and post up your computer temperature.

 

[JRShield]

Does it do it when you use headphones?

No it doesn't

Well, in that case it's not a codec thing, nor a soundcard problem. Have to agree with dommyuk here.

 

[TimeLord]

Download speccy, and post up your computer temperature.

Wow thats ridiculously handy!

CPU 58c
Graphics 53c
HDD 47c

 

[dududf]

Download speccy, and post up your computer temperature.

Wow thats ridiculously handy!

CPU 58c
Graphics 53c
HDD 47c

I'm no techy, but I know that @ around 60c for CPUS you got a problem.

Here's my stupid solution to over heating, open up the case, get a good portable fan and blow it in the case.

You're graphics are a little hot too, should lower that by 10 c to a more preferable temp.


I have no idea what HDD is (wouldn't mind an explanation) so I can't comment on that.


Just a thought, but the "heat sink" (the weird paste in between the CPU chip and the fan thing) may be getting dry, if so you NEED to replace that stuff quick before your chip frys, but alas that's merely a thought.


*Edit, I'm an idiot I forgot it was a laptop, that rules out the fan idea.

 

[Icecoldcynic]

Laptops tend to have much more overheating problems than desktops, so it could easily be that, like furburt mentioned.

 

[TimeLord]

Download speccy, and post up your computer temperature.

Wow thats ridiculously handy!

CPU 58c
Graphics 53c
HDD 47c

I have no idea what HDD is (wouldn't mind an explanation) so I can't comment on that.

HDD is Hard Disc Drive