HELP Startup Loop!!!

[Abbaseball12]

So i have an acer aspire laptop. My computer blue screened and shut down. I went to power it back on and it immediately shut off. Without me even doing anything, it boots back up and shuts down again, and its been a cycle ever since. I have no clue whats wrong with my laptop. Thanks for any help

 

[i7Baby]

Its overheating and auto restarting.

Remove the covers and blow the case out. Get a laptop cooler.

 

[ronintexas]

Do you have Windows 8/8.1? If so, can you repair the installation?

 

[Abbaseball12]

Its overheating and auto restarting.

Remove the covers and blow the case out. Get a laptop cooler.

Alright, i have the battery out and i'm just going to leave it for the night

 

[Abbaseball12]

Its overheating and auto restarting.

Remove the covers and blow the case out. Get a laptop cooler.

Alright, i have the battery out and i'm just going to leave it for the night

 

[Abbaseball12]

And i have 8.1, but no repair option shows

 

[ronintexas]

Check your windows logs - see if it is shutting down because of a heat issue, or if there is a problem with a driver or the OS.

 

[Abbaseball12]

Check your windows logs - see if it is shutting down because of a heat issue, or if there is a problem with a driver or the OS.

I understand what that means, just im computer-stupid and dont know how to do that

 

[i7Baby]

Do you have a recovery disk? Or Windows Installation Disk? You should be able to do a Computer Repair with either. But that will only help if its a software problem - not overheating.

 

[Abbaseball12]

Do you have a recovery disk? Or Windows Installation Disk? You should be able to do a Computer Repair with either. But that will only help if its a software problem - not overheating.

I'm pretty sure its the software. I do have a windows 7 recovery disk, but the thing is when i try to press f2 ir f10, it says please wait... Yet it still shuts down and loops again. I'm getting really mad at this thing!!

 

[1LiquidPC]

It sounds like it's an overheating issue still. Does the fan turn on during the short amount of time it stays powered up? Any air moving through the ventilation vents? Canned air would be the place to start if you have some on hand.

 

[Abbaseball12]

The fan does turn on and i can hear a little click when it shuts down. I do not have any canned air but i do have an air compressor on hand

 

[Abbaseball12]

I can feel air flow too

 

[1LiquidPC]

Well, feeling air moving is a good start, how about a visual inspection of the vents w/ a flashlight? If it's a bit dusty, a few short quick blasts with the compressor wouldn't hurt. Do you happen to know the model of your laptop and would you feel comfortable taking it partially apart if needed? Maybe some new thermal grease is needed, possible the stuff installed by Acer "dried up" and isn't transferring heat effectively anymore. Also worked on a laptop recently that was overheating, turned out the be the HSF assembly itself was bad. It seem that the actual fluid inside the heatpipes dried up, as the fan worked fine, yet it would idle on the desktop around 80C and shutoff at 95C on the slightest load. Installed new heatpipe along with same original fan, temps never went over 53C idle.

 

[Abbaseball12]

This may help, i can also hear a clicking noise coming from somewhere, not the fan though

 

[ronintexas]

Clicking noises often come from the hard drive - have you tried running diagnostics on the hard drive? Acer should have a link to a diagnostic utility for the HDD.