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Hey there folks and fellow geeks!
Okay, I've been working on a friends Acer Aspire 5532 laptop that died while she was using it. She did not have a cooling pad or flat surface/lap table, just on her lap so the cooling vents were blocked. She said that it came up with a "BLUE" screen and said some technobabble, and then the screen went black! The power led was still on.
SO....I checked the power supply, making 19 volts in spec. Pushing the power button, can see the screen flicker a little with back light, but that's it, no beeps, the front power on light is on, the hard drive spins, the power makes the DVD Drive click, but that's it. I figured she had fried the video chips or even the CPU.
I took it apart, found a ton of lint on the cooling grid/radiator. I tested the cooling fan, and it works. I ordered a replacement MOBO....first one did same thing, sent back as defective and got REFUND! Ordered and received second Mobo from different provider with Refurbished description, they had hundreds!. Installed and the exact same action.
SO...ordered a replacement CPU, installed, still same behavior! I have tried to connect to the VGA output with the first and now the second mobo, and can NOT get any display....tried the Fn and Video Output button...nothing!!!! Removed Ram and Hard Drive, tried boot, still nothing! I don't have a way to test the actual LCD video screen, but I don't think it went bad because it was being seen before the BSOD! But not getting any external VIDEO out put has me bothered/worried.
Can you think of any other things that would prevent it from working/booting like it should? I'll contact the Mobo provider and describe the results so as not to loose the DOA warranty!
I also just repaired an HP laptop that also had a bad mobo..swapped in the replacement Mobo and it fired right up first time, but this Acer is kicking my butt!
T.C.
Okay, I've been working on a friends Acer Aspire 5532 laptop that died while she was using it. She did not have a cooling pad or flat surface/lap table, just on her lap so the cooling vents were blocked. She said that it came up with a "BLUE" screen and said some technobabble, and then the screen went black! The power led was still on.
SO....I checked the power supply, making 19 volts in spec. Pushing the power button, can see the screen flicker a little with back light, but that's it, no beeps, the front power on light is on, the hard drive spins, the power makes the DVD Drive click, but that's it. I figured she had fried the video chips or even the CPU.
I took it apart, found a ton of lint on the cooling grid/radiator. I tested the cooling fan, and it works. I ordered a replacement MOBO....first one did same thing, sent back as defective and got REFUND! Ordered and received second Mobo from different provider with Refurbished description, they had hundreds!. Installed and the exact same action.
SO...ordered a replacement CPU, installed, still same behavior! I have tried to connect to the VGA output with the first and now the second mobo, and can NOT get any display....tried the Fn and Video Output button...nothing!!!! Removed Ram and Hard Drive, tried boot, still nothing! I don't have a way to test the actual LCD video screen, but I don't think it went bad because it was being seen before the BSOD! But not getting any external VIDEO out put has me bothered/worried.
Can you think of any other things that would prevent it from working/booting like it should? I'll contact the Mobo provider and describe the results so as not to loose the DOA warranty!
I also just repaired an HP laptop that also had a bad mobo..swapped in the replacement Mobo and it fired right up first time, but this Acer is kicking my butt!
T.C.
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