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Do I risk damaging my Acer Aspire 5742 by connecting it to my HDTV and watching for an extended period of time, i.e. 5 hours?

I would like to connect a HDMI cable from my Acer Aspire 5742 laptop to my HDTV and be able to leave it turned on for an extended period of time. Am I risking my laptop from overheating? Is there anything I can do to prevent problems?

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No you shouldn't be. If you're really worried about it though you could always get yourself a laptop cooler.

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  • Anonymous Jun 27, 2012

    Excellent, thank you so much Zombie.

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    You very welcome my friend. =)

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  • Posted on May 12, 2011

SOURCE: how to connect/configure my acer

for HDMI, I guess you just connect it with HDMI cable to your LCD TV, and use the FN+F5 or F6 to switch display from laptop's LCD to external. I think it should be the same way as using projector.

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  • Posted on Oct 01, 2008

SOURCE: How do I connect my HDTV to my Acer Aspire 7720 to let me watch Bluray?

what device you want to connect through dvi cable

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 19, 2009

SOURCE: cant get sound via hdmi connection from acer 6920g laptop

go into control pannel and acer hd set it there and also in sound, a wee bit of trial and error but its there. mine was the same, it cost me ouch on the phone! good luck mine works ok

Amith DSilva

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  • Posted on Aug 22, 2009

SOURCE: I have an Acer Aspire 8930G trying to connect to my TV with HDMI

After you connected the HDMI Cable to the TV...Did you press the FN + F4 Key on the keyboard... The first screen you will see is the notebook screen is blank and the TV has got the desktop on top of it...The second time you press the FN + F4 then you will see thedesktop on the notebook and as well as the TV...The third time you press the FN+F4 you will see the desktop on the Notebook...

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SOURCE: I have an acer aspire 5536-5224. Can't use HDMI with my TV now

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http://techwiki.hardwarecanucks.com/product/2MTExNTc4NQ/Acer-Aspire-AS5742-6439-Notebook/#pics

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