Comments on: Acer Aspire 5535 Laptop – Netbook http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook Almost two steps ahead of technology Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-77064 Sarah Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:21:22 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-77064 Ive been using this laptop for just over a year and the baterry running time as gone lower then usuall when i take the charger out..... it used to run for 2-3 hous but now it says it runs for about 45 minutes witout the charger but then again it runs out probably in half an hour.... why does that happen?? Ive been using this laptop for just over a year and the baterry running time as gone lower then usuall when i take the charger out….. it used to run for 2-3 hous but now it says it runs for about 45 minutes witout the charger but then again it runs out probably in half an hour…. why does that happen??

]]> By: Best Acer Netbook http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-76416 Best Acer Netbook Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:44:27 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-76416 Thanks for above instruction for my annoying solution. By the way, this laptop is a quite nice for me, I've had it for over half year and I live on it due to my job and home life. Some little things that I LOVE about this laptop are the physical on/off toggle for WiFi and the touchpad. <a href="http://www.dealsnetbook.com/" rel="nofollow">Deals Netbook</a> Thanks for above instruction for my annoying solution. By the way, this laptop is a quite nice for me, I’ve had it for over half year and I live on it due to my job and home life. Some little things that I LOVE about this laptop are the physical on/off toggle for WiFi and the touchpad.

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]]> By: WALID SID from Cairo,EGYPT http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-76407 WALID SID from Cairo,EGYPT Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:42:22 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-76407 To reduce the heating --------------------- 1-go to Power Options 2-Select Change Plan Setting 3-Select Change advanced power settings 4-Select Processor power management 5-select The maximum processor power 6-thin change the tow numbers of 100% to 50% (you can make that for all Three plans) ________________________________________________________________________ - that's make processor works very good in just 50% of it power all time - and you Will not feel a great change in performance - After 12 hours of continuous employment will remain low temperature To reduce the heating
———————
1-go to Power Options
2-Select Change Plan Setting
3-Select Change advanced power settings
4-Select Processor power management
5-select The maximum processor power
6-thin change the tow numbers of 100% to 50%
(you can make that for all Three plans)
________________________________________________________________________
- that’s make processor works very good in just 50% of it power all time
- and you Will not feel a great change in performance
- After 12 hours of continuous employment will remain low temperature

]]> By: WALID SID from Cairo,EGYPT http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-76406 WALID SID from Cairo,EGYPT Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:38:16 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-76406 To reduce the heating --------------------- 1-go to Power Options 2-Select Change Plan Setting 3-Select Change advanced power settings 4-Select Processor power management 5-select The maximum processor power 6-thin chinge the tow numbers of 100% to 50% (you can make that for all Three plans) ________________________________________________________________________ - that's make processor works very good in just 50% of it power all time - and you Will not feel a great change in performance - After 12 hours of continuous employment will remain low temperature To reduce the heating
———————
1-go to Power Options
2-Select Change Plan Setting
3-Select Change advanced power settings
4-Select Processor power management
5-select The maximum processor power
6-thin chinge the tow numbers of 100% to 50%
(you can make that for all Three plans)
________________________________________________________________________
- that’s make processor works very good in just 50% of it power all time
- and you Will not feel a great change in performance
- After 12 hours of continuous employment will remain low temperature

]]> By: Bruce Conway http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-75770 Bruce Conway Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:27:17 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-75770 Mine was good for about 10 months. Constant overheating. Also had screen bleed at the bottom of the screen, working its way towards the top. The screen is too shiny and can't be viewed outside or in a vehicle. Tech support is non-existent. Finally, it overheated so much it took out the hard drive. The Acer backup didn't work so I lost everything. If anyone can tell me the real story behind these horrible shiny display screens, please let me know. I was told to get an HP with i-series Intel chip and matte screen, which I'll do. Mine was good for about 10 months. Constant overheating. Also had screen bleed at the bottom of the screen, working its way towards the top. The screen is too shiny and can’t be viewed outside or in a vehicle. Tech support is non-existent. Finally, it overheated so much it took out the hard drive. The Acer backup didn’t work so I lost everything.

If anyone can tell me the real story behind these horrible shiny display screens, please let me know.

I was told to get an HP with i-series Intel chip and matte screen, which I’ll do.

]]> By: Dirk http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-75538 Dirk Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:24:45 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-75538 If you Acer Aspire 5535 is overheat when you use it, try changing the termic paste, y did it in my Laptop aspire 5535 and now works great =D If you Acer Aspire 5535 is overheat when you use it, try changing the termic paste, y did it in my Laptop aspire 5535 and now works great =D

]]> By: Emil http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-74814 Emil Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:18:19 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-74814 I'm typing with the aspire 5535. my experience with it is one of a kind:D The whole stickers and specification lists on it said that it should have a ZM-80 2.1Ghz cpu, but the cpu was ZM-82(2.2Ghz). I had the same problem with the overheat you guyz were talking about...but people every machine needs maintainance. I opened the back plate of my laptop and took the heat sink and heat pipe off....and the heat sink was half-filled with dust and stuff. cleaned it and also changed the Thermal paste and the fan went all silent again. I changed my Hard drive with an SSD and it's performing awesome. Acer 5535 was the bargain of the century for me. I’m typing with the aspire 5535. my experience with it is one of a kind:D The whole stickers and specification lists on it said that it should have a ZM-80 2.1Ghz cpu, but the cpu was ZM-82(2.2Ghz). I had the same problem with the overheat you guyz were talking about…but people every machine needs maintainance. I opened the back plate of my laptop and took the heat sink and heat pipe off….and the heat sink was half-filled with dust and stuff. cleaned it and also changed the Thermal paste and the fan went all silent again. I changed my Hard drive with an SSD and it’s performing awesome. Acer 5535 was the bargain of the century for me.

]]> By: Lumbarda Korcula http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-73240 Lumbarda Korcula Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:23:43 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-73240 i have this laptop and it is great!!!! i have this laptop and it is great!!!!

]]> By: Gregor http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-73062 Gregor Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:24:50 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-73062 Let me clear up a few common things for those who bought this laptop and it overheated. I repair laptops and desktops for a living, and baring actual faulty mainboards/components the main reason laptops overheat is because they clog up with dust, dirt, skin, food, hair, you name it, it can get sucked inside and it doesn't come out easily. I have dismantled over 50 laptops this year alone and the common cause of most of the problems being experienced was due to overheating. Most of todays newer laptops have heat pipe technology inside to help dissipate the heat from ever increasing powerful cpu's/gpu's/memory etc. Good idea, its been around a while and it works pretty well. However, most of todays laptops, while claiming ever new wonderous technologies still have a small fan inside to suck air along a channel to the cpu, and onto a heatsink block which dissipates the heat being given off (via said heat pipes) when you decide to thrash the bottom off it. The principal is sound, however, the implementation of said air flow inside the laptop can also bring in some unwanted 'guests'. Anything small enough to get caught in the airflow will usually end up inside the laptop, usually compacted onto the heatsink. Time goes by and so does all that extra rubbish, a bit like a constant supply of fit, hitting the shan, shall we say. At some point down the line enough of this rubbish builds up until it forms a layer against the heatsink so thick that the airflow becomes inefficient, backing up as it cannot exit through. At this point all manner of excitement can ensue inside, mainboard/components and indeed the user of the laptop can all suffer from overheating. The result ? The laptop behaves irratically at best, the operating system starts doing some pretty odd things (if its Vista, expect it anyway) and if you're really unlucky the mainboard and/or various internal components start going into meltdown and your lappy becomes nothing more than a rather neat looking doorstop. The answer ? Personally, these manufacturers should be implementing removable washable filters on the air intakes. I have these on my 5 year old tower system and they work very well. They don't stop everything, but they do stop 75% or more of the rubbish that gets sucked in and never comes out again. I change my filters about once a month, wash the dirty one out and sit back and relax. I have seen filters implemented on laptops, but they aren't removable and therefore aren't washable. Yes, you can clean the dirt off them when the laptop is off, but the rubbish still gets in - the filters I have seen aren't very fine, and usually cleaning them simply pushes some of the trapped rubbish inside the laptop. Plus, since its not a removable filter, it gets clogged and hey presto, its back to overheating again as the airflow is restricted. A lot of todays laptops fans have an intake fan located on the bottom of the laptop. Here are some pointers then, to help reduce the possibility of your laptop becoming an object of hate, and your opinion of whomever manufactured it as 'big dumb thieves'. 1. Never, ever, put your laptop on any surface that can restrict the airflow. Always put it on a surface that is raised off the ground - if it can't get a decent airflow then it'll heat up and perform tasks of a dubious nature. Comments like 'WTF', 'WTH' and 'FTFM' are often heard. 2. If you like to take your laptop to bed with you, or like the feeling of your legs being roasted, fair enough, but go out and buy something like the Belkin PocketTop - it's been designed specifically with laptops in mind. Google it for more info. Plus have a look at laptop coolers - they've been around a small while and are useful additions for protecting the laptop from overheating while increasing the potential airflow. 3. If your laptop does start performing odd tasks, turning itself off when you don't expect it, and seems to be the same temperature as the oven can get to, take it to a qualified technician as soon as possible - the longer you wait, the more likely it can go into meltdown. A bit like you will when it dies and no amount of pressing the on button and shouting at it might make a difference. A laptop is a desktop/tower pc compressed into something smaller, for the most part. If you think your pc gets hot sometimes, then laptops are so much likely too. One thing I have noticed in the last year or so - Acer have started to make the heatsink and fan accessible from the underside of some laptops - thereby giving you the ability to unscrew the panel and see the glory that is a 5mm block of junk sat cosily up against your laptops heatsink. At least you can clean it out easily with a fine brush and perhaps a can of airspray. Now if only they'd put removable filters on.... Let me clear up a few common things for those who bought this laptop and it overheated. I repair laptops and desktops for a living, and baring actual faulty mainboards/components the main reason laptops overheat is because they clog up with dust, dirt, skin, food, hair, you name it, it can get sucked inside and it doesn’t come out easily. I have dismantled over 50 laptops this year alone and the common cause of most of the problems being experienced was due to overheating. Most of todays newer laptops have heat pipe technology inside to help dissipate the heat from ever increasing powerful cpu’s/gpu’s/memory etc. Good idea, its been around a while and it works pretty well. However, most of todays laptops, while claiming ever new wonderous technologies still have a small fan inside to suck air along a channel to the cpu, and onto a heatsink block which dissipates the heat being given off (via said heat pipes) when you decide to thrash the bottom off it. The principal is sound, however, the implementation of said air flow inside the laptop can also bring in some unwanted ‘guests’. Anything small enough to get caught in the airflow will usually end up inside the laptop, usually compacted onto the heatsink. Time goes by and so does all that extra rubbish, a bit like a constant supply of fit, hitting the shan, shall we say. At some point down the line enough of this rubbish builds up until it forms a layer against the heatsink so thick that the airflow becomes inefficient, backing up as it cannot exit through. At this point all manner of excitement can ensue inside, mainboard/components and indeed the user of the laptop can all suffer from overheating. The result ? The laptop behaves irratically at best, the operating system starts doing some pretty odd things (if its Vista, expect it anyway) and if you’re really unlucky the mainboard and/or various internal components start going into meltdown and your lappy becomes nothing more than a rather neat looking doorstop. The answer ? Personally, these manufacturers should be implementing removable washable filters on the air intakes. I have these on my 5 year old tower system and they work very well. They don’t stop everything, but they do stop 75% or more of the rubbish that gets sucked in and never comes out again. I change my filters about once a month, wash the dirty one out and sit back and relax. I have seen filters implemented on laptops, but they aren’t removable and therefore aren’t washable. Yes, you can clean the dirt off them when the laptop is off, but the rubbish still gets in – the filters I have seen aren’t very fine, and usually cleaning them simply pushes some of the trapped rubbish inside the laptop. Plus, since its not a removable filter, it gets clogged and hey presto, its back to overheating again as the airflow is restricted. A lot of todays laptops fans have an intake fan located on the bottom of the laptop. Here are some pointers then, to help reduce the possibility of your laptop becoming an object of hate, and your opinion of whomever manufactured it as ‘big dumb thieves’.

1. Never, ever, put your laptop on any surface that can restrict the airflow. Always put it on a surface that is raised off the ground – if it can’t get a decent airflow then it’ll heat up and perform tasks of a dubious nature. Comments like ‘WTF’, ‘WTH’ and ‘FTFM’ are often heard.

2. If you like to take your laptop to bed with you, or like the feeling of your legs being roasted, fair enough, but go out and buy something like the Belkin PocketTop – it’s been designed specifically with laptops in mind. Google it for more info. Plus have a look at laptop coolers – they’ve been around a small while and are useful additions for protecting the laptop from overheating while increasing the potential airflow.

3. If your laptop does start performing odd tasks, turning itself off when you don’t expect it, and seems to be the same temperature as the oven can get to, take it to a qualified technician as soon as possible – the longer you wait, the more likely it can go into meltdown. A bit like you will when it dies and no amount of pressing the on button and shouting at it might make a difference.

A laptop is a desktop/tower pc compressed into something smaller, for the most part. If you think your pc gets hot sometimes, then laptops are so much likely too. One thing I have noticed in the last year or so – Acer have started to make the heatsink and fan accessible from the underside of some laptops – thereby giving you the ability to unscrew the panel and see the glory that is a 5mm block of junk sat cosily up against your laptops heatsink. At least you can clean it out easily with a fine brush and perhaps a can of airspray. Now if only they’d put removable filters on….

]]> By: Amanda http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-72656 Amanda Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:49:57 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-72656 I wish I'd have heard about these issues before I bought mine.. I bought a new 5535 and it died after one month .. it was in warranty so Acer repaired it, after 13 months (1 month out of warranty) it did it again. Would cost £100's to fix, and I lost quite a few photos which I stupidly hadn't got round to backing up. I have heard nothing but praise from new owners of Acers, but speak to them 12 months later and it is a different story. Just bought a Dell Inspiron, fingers crossed x I wish I’d have heard about these issues before I bought mine.. I bought a new 5535 and it died after one month .. it was in warranty so Acer repaired it, after 13 months (1 month out of warranty) it did it again. Would cost £100′s to fix, and I lost quite a few photos which I stupidly hadn’t got round to backing up. I have heard nothing but praise from new owners of Acers, but speak to them 12 months later and it is a different story.
Just bought a Dell Inspiron, fingers crossed x

]]> By: Jack http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-72002 Jack Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:33:59 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-72002 yes be warned!!! i bought 2 of these and soon as warranty was out.. 1 totally wouldnt power on.. Acer wanted $200.00 to fix a $500.00 lappy cause i was dumb and didn't purchase the extra warranty..i'm using the other now as i type and added a cooler underneath to help with coolness.. Vista o/s sux and the upgrade to windows 7 wasn't anything worth mentioning...cleaned start up to the max and lappy still slow to boot even though upgraded ram another gig....bought a new lappy and it was HP brand w/warranty this time....Never acer again!!!! yes be warned!!! i bought 2 of these and soon as warranty was out.. 1 totally wouldnt power on.. Acer wanted $200.00 to fix a $500.00 lappy cause i was dumb and didn’t purchase the extra warranty..i’m using the other now as i type and added a cooler underneath to help with coolness.. Vista o/s sux and the upgrade to windows 7 wasn’t anything worth mentioning…cleaned start up to the max and lappy still slow to boot even though upgraded ram another gig….bought a new lappy and it was HP brand w/warranty this time….Never acer again!!!!

]]> By: Dominic http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-71822 Dominic Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:00:31 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-71822 This laptop is stupid. For the first 7 months this computer worked like a charm. Then, out of the blue, it starts overheating and is getting on my nerves. I cannot play 18 Wheels Of Steel : American Long Haul at more that 20 fps with all grapic details at their lowest setting. I honestly recommend that you spend more money to get something that will last more that 3 years at a high performance. This laptop is stupid. For the first 7 months this computer worked like a charm. Then, out of the blue, it starts overheating and is getting on my nerves. I cannot play 18 Wheels Of Steel : American Long Haul at more that 20 fps with all grapic details at their lowest setting. I honestly recommend that you spend more money to get something that will last more that 3 years at a high performance.

]]> By: Henrik Pedersen http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-70745 Henrik Pedersen Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:38:05 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-70745 I have an Acer Aspire 5535 and I'm in fact writing from it right now! I've had it for around 16 months and I've never really had a problem with it. The rubberthing for opening the lid has gone off, but that ain't a problem. I use my computers extensivly (I'm a developer, both web and software) so I'm quite impressed how good this laptop is keeping up with tasks I feed it every day. Right now I'm using it with Windows 7 Professionel 64bit and it runs like a dream. However, I must agree that this model has a problem of overheating! It's not such a big deal, because the computer is auto shutting down then around 100 - 120 degress inside the CPU (sounds like a lot, but my computer is allways around 70 - 90 degress anyway, and it's inside so it dosn't melt anything) To boil it all down this is a very nice laptop, and it comes at a very cheap price. Never haved to replace anything and my next laptop is sure gonna be an Acer! oh allmost forgot. The webcam is amazing, it's high quality even at very low ligthing levels, but the microphone deserves a little bit of improvement) I have an Acer Aspire 5535 and I’m in fact writing from it right now!
I’ve had it for around 16 months and I’ve never really had a problem with it. The rubberthing for opening the lid has gone off, but that ain’t a problem. I use my computers extensivly (I’m a developer, both web and software) so I’m quite impressed how good this laptop is keeping up with tasks I feed it every day. Right now I’m using it with Windows 7 Professionel 64bit and it runs like a dream.

However, I must agree that this model has a problem of overheating! It’s not such a big deal, because the computer is auto shutting down then around 100 – 120 degress inside the CPU (sounds like a lot, but my computer is allways around 70 – 90 degress anyway, and it’s inside so it dosn’t melt anything)

To boil it all down this is a very nice laptop, and it comes at a very cheap price. Never haved to replace anything and my next laptop is sure gonna be an Acer! oh allmost forgot. The webcam is amazing, it’s high quality even at very low ligthing levels, but the microphone deserves a little bit of improvement)

]]> By: scott http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-70582 scott Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:27:58 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-70582 I got this computer about a year ago, and for the first few months it was working great, then it got really slow and over heated really fast, i have gone through two charges becasue the tips have melted becasue of the computer over heating within 1 hour of me using it, im never going to buy acer again becasue the computer was great for the first few months, then turned to compltete crap I got this computer about a year ago, and for the first few months it was working great, then it got really slow and over heated really fast, i have gone through two charges becasue the tips have melted becasue of the computer over heating within 1 hour of me using it, im never going to buy acer again becasue the computer was great for the first few months, then turned to compltete crap

]]> By: Dan http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook/comment-page-1#comment-67786 Dan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:36:35 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/acer-aspire-5535-notebook#comment-67786 Great for a month and then the fan broke and had to be repaired. A year on the laptop has slowed down ridiculously and overheats very easily. Would not buy acer again. Great for a month and then the fan broke and had to be repaired. A year on the laptop has slowed down ridiculously and overheats very easily. Would not buy acer again.

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