Sam,
My LE (with Inboard/386PC board) started having problems booting at about 60
deg. F. (I turn the thermostat down to 60 at night and this rear room where
the computer was located is colder than that in the winter.) I could hear
the hard drive running, I could hear the head moving across the disk, I could
hear the head move back and start over again. It was a MFM 20 MB HD, so I
ran Spinrite's low level formating on it and bad cluster after bad cluster
came up. After 13 years, the HD finally gave out!
This might be the situation with your ACER --- that the HD is getting ready
to go. If you don't have it backed up, you probably should do that as soon
as possible and not have the situation of a power outage shutting off your
computer for you.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>>My computer is an Acer 386sx., ca. 1990. It has no CPU fan, but it does
have a fan to blow hot air out of the case and to suck cooler air back
inside the case. If running, it will crash if the ambient temperature falls
to around 35 F. If turned off, it cannot be made to boot again unless the
ambient temperature is approx. in the range of > 65 F. and < 85 F. If left
running, it will continue to operate even if ambient temperatures should
rise to the 90's. Also, if turned off for a long period, it won't boot for
at least 15 minutes after being turned on. The hard drive always spins up
immediately. I think it is about time to replace the motherboard. My
computer didn't used to suffer from any temperature-related quirks a couple
of years ago.<<
