elliam
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« on: November 30, 2007, 07:53:16 PM » |
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I have an Acer laptop and tonight i was playing poker and it froze so i removed the battery (ctrl, alt, del wasn't working) and left it for a few minutes and when i switched it back on it started up, the acer screen came on and then there was just darkness, windows won't start up at all now. Anyone got any ideas?
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kinboshi
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2007, 08:01:49 PM » |
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Have you plugged it in?
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2007, 08:08:21 PM » |
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Is it hot?
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2007, 08:11:04 PM » |
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fan does seem to be overheating bcos it keeps cutting out.
lol kinboshi yes it is plugged in
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Bongo
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2007, 08:13:44 PM » |
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The fan cuts out?
That could be causing it to overheat.
I would leave it for a while (hour+) to cool down properly and then try it - see if it boots and if the fan cuts out.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2007, 08:18:02 PM » |
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Thanks Bongo
i will give it an hour or so and try it again
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2007, 09:06:34 PM » |
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and get your hoover on the vents to suck out any dust.
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2007, 09:44:27 PM » |
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just tried it again and the same thing keeps happening figures seeing as the warranty ran out last week.
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Bongo
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2007, 09:55:27 PM » |
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If you're in the UK that doesn't matter as you can claim that it is defective under the trade descriptions act or some such, as you would reasonably expect it to last longer than it has...
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2007, 10:04:41 PM » |
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Reboot it and tap F8 you will get the stasrtup menu select "last known good configuration" and see what happens.
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2007, 10:12:50 PM » |
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when i start it up the acer screen flashes up saying f2 i tried f8 but nothing happened
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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2007, 10:20:41 PM » |
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when i start it up the acer screen flashes up saying f2 i tried f8 but nothing happened
you have to time it right. try it few times tapping frantically  If you got to the splash screen then it will be able to show the startup screen |
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2007, 10:34:01 PM » |
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aaaahhhhh bleeding thing will try again in the morning feel like hitting it now
Thanks for the help everyone
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2007, 10:35:44 PM » |
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I think it might be broken.  |
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2007, 10:37:15 PM » |
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when i start it up the acer screen flashes up saying f2 i tried f8 but nothing happened
you have to time it right. try it few times tapping frantically If you got to the splash screen then it will be able to show the startup screen It sounds like it shuts down before starting to boot into windows, so probably can't get that. |
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