Fried my laptop while resetting it. computertechs

I have an Acer Aspire V3-551-8469 running Windows 8.1 for those interested.

Apparently at some point in the past month something software specific has changed which causes the fan control on my computer to basically run at the same speed regardless of processor load. This is causing overheating just by watching Netflix for two hours. I've had this happen before a year ago after I updated to windows 8.1. I think something changed in the communication from the OS to the fan control. I tried updating the bios which didn't help, but changing my power use settings did if I set the charging settings the same as on battery use. Wasn't happy with the fix but it worked and the fan began running correctly again.

One year later now something else has changed and it's exhibiting the same problem. So I decided to try refreshing it first and if that didn't work reset back to factory settings. In the middle of the refresh however the computer overheated and powered off.

Currently my laptop it is now sitting in the refrigerator repairing the hard drive.

Any ideas how I could fix/diagnose the fan problem in windows 8.1 if the problem goes away once I reset to 8?

Submitted October 25, 2015 at 03:03AM by Wedge38 http://ift.tt/1MieyWM computertechs

Funny slow Friday in IT sales computertechs

Co-worker came up with something funny during this slow Friday in the office.

IT as ham sandwich

On-prem: you make a ham sandwich

SaaS: You order a ham sandwich from jimmyjohns.

PaaS: You go to subway and eat the ham sandwich you made. They are surprisingly okay with this.

IaaS: You go to subway and buy a ham sandwich

Virtualization: You jack into the matrix and your residual self-image eats a ham sandwich

Disaster Recovery: Your house burns down. You move in with your buddy, with whom you’ve stashed a ham sandwich for just such a situation

Data Breach: You wave hi to a neighbor one day, then open up your refrigerator and see that someone has gone through all of your sandwich supplies. Everyone in the neighborhood knows exactly how much ham you have.

Working in IT sales: You knock on all 50 of your neighbor’s doors looking to see if anyone wants a ham sandwich. 40 aren’t home. 5 answer the door and say they don’t eat food. 1 eats a sandwich, 3 aren’t hungry now but will keep you in mind when they want a sandwich, and the last one says he absolutely needs a sandwich right now, then vanishes into thin air. You run into him three months later and he tells you he decided he would just lick the sidewalk because it was cheaper.

Submitted August 22, 2015 at 01:35AM by bjj5934 http://ift.tt/1PE7G3m computertechs

My computer and electricity isn't working correctly after a power outage. computertechs

A few days ago all of my lights started flickering and became very dull before all of the electricity went out. I reset my breakers but didn't get any power until the morning, ever since then my electricity in my whole house will have episodes where it starts flickering and goes out. Today it's so bad that I can't have a single light on before it starts going out, my refrigerator turns on and off a lot as well. I had pg&e stop by and they said that they were receiving enough volts on their meter that it wasn't a problem he was responsible for. My computer will turn on, but my monitor doesn't receive a signal, there aren't any beeps that I can hear, but I noticed 4 blue LEDs on the motherboard, the first one stays on while the last 3 blink on and off at the same time. My biggest question is what do I do from here now that the PG&E worker can't do anything? And did my computer get damaged or do I simply still not have enough power to boot it up? I understand I may be in the wrong subreddit so any advice is appreciated.

Submitted April 19, 2015 at 09:40AM by John_Trevolta http://ift.tt/1IXO7mm computertechs

Did I just mess up my CPU? computertechs

I've been trying to apply thermal compound to my CPU and now when I turn on the PC the CPU fan goes 100mph, a warning comes on my screen (something like "cpu issue....shut down before any permanent damage is done to the CPU"...can't remember the exact message). Runs for a total of about 15 seconds then PC shuts off. I've applied it thinly to the cooler side and then screw it back together. The thermal compound is Arctic Silver 5 I bought about 3 years ago and kept in the refrigerator.

What am I doing wrong and have I done any permanent damage to the CPU?

Submitted January 11, 2015 at 01:55AM by whatsupdickhead http://ift.tt/1AZrEAa computertechs