Acer M3802 slows down, media gets choppy after an hour

[cornishconnect]

Hi All,

I have here a new PC, it's a Acer M3802, for the first hour into a movie or listeining to music it is fine but after an hour or so, the pc slows down, everything becomes all laggy and choppy, also the sound gets distorted.

I did a reformat a month a go and it was fine, if it happens now I have to restart the pc and sometimes wait for the machine to cool down.

Specs


OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CORNISHCONNECT
System Manufacturer Acer
System Model Aspire M3802
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz, 2499 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P01-A1, 31/08/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name CornishConnect\Lawrie M3UHQ
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.97 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.44 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.93 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.28 GB
Page File Space 3.97 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Thanks, Lawrie

 

[fastco]

If it's under warranty call tech support, before you do download Speedfan to see what your temps are so you can tell the tech. If the computer was out of warranty i would suggest adding a pci fan and mount it right above your video card. I would also update video drivers and make sure the inside of the computer is dust fee. If the computer is sitting on a carpet put it up on something to get it off the carpet for better airflow.