ACER laptop does NOT start-up :(

The solution from Acer is:
1. Remove Power cord
2. Remove Battery
3. Hold Power button down for 30 seconds(more like 3 minutes)

Replace battery and plug in AC and reboot.

I got the same problem with a Aspire 1650, sweet machine but now only good for a paper weight(might expensive one at that)!

That is the response I got.

My machine would power up and all and you can hear Windows XP loading in the background but nothing on the monitor, my first thought was the graphics chip(correct) but in order to repair it, you need to replace the mother board at 300.00 without labour and tax.

Here is another little bit of heads up...the preloaded software for the CD/DVD writer was only trialware!
Why would you install a CD/DVD with only trial software?
Like buying a car and finding out your keys no longer work because you didn't get a set of full version keys from the dealer at 10,000 every 2 yrs.

Anyways thinking about opening it up and putting in a new board meanwhile using an older laptop that cost me 450 and has been running for 4 yrs without a problem.

What's wrong with this picture...2 yr old laptop = trashed
4 yr old laptop = still keeps on running like the "Energizer Bunny" !

Hi all, greetings from Norway. This is my story (sorry for long post->2 acer laptops):

Acer Aspire 3000:
3 weeks after I purchased it, the fan started to make allot of noise. Except for the noise, it worked. Then when I checked the CPU fan later, I found that it was mounted on a small plastic thingy that had melted due to heat from the CPU. Also some dead pixels that started as 1, is now counting 20.
Since I had allot of cash this time, I purchased a new ACER with better specs (yeah, I know.. how stupid can I be?):

Acer Aspire 5520G:
Early symptoms: Webcam, mic and dvd-rom *disappeared* from device manager / bios. Took a while before I noticed this, as I don't use any of these often. It was working OK (some heat issues, but usually OK), so didn't use the warranty to fix this.

A couple of months after the warranty was expired, I could not boot to BIOS. Orange flashing power led. Tried the battery/ac steps, no change. Called Acer support and was met by a grumpy old hog, and I asked specifically not to get anything done before I had received a estimate of the job. 1 month later I got the laptop back with an invoice on 100$ for DUST CLEANING! I said no way, *peach* you guys! I'm still waiting on a call for that invoice..

After the "dust cleaning" I was able to boot my computer again and it worked normal for 1 day, then, as many others in this thread; no access to the bios, black screen, fan running, green led on.. Searched google, and here I am..

As described earlier by others, when it boots normally, it works untill I shut it down. (read: works = at a random time the mouse and keyboard stop responding, and it seems the PC has frozen, but when pluggin in a usb keyboard and mouse, it's all good....)


Ahww.. Don't you all just love this <acer-feeling>

Found this forum and couldn't belevie that most got the same problem.
My situation was even funnier, my acer Aspire's 5520 motherboard was replaced 3 times(could you believe that?) until eventualy warranty time finished and the damn thing is started to act in it's old way...
I found a solution to stop the screen blinking by puting peace of plastic under the cover(next too fan), but in some misterious way cd-rom disapeared( works as a coffe cup holder only..)

Hate damn acer

Another frustrated Acer user here.

I bought an Acer Extensa. Installed Linux.
It worked fine but about a month ago,it started acting very weird. When I turn the laptop on, everything works normally. But when I shut it down, it won´t start up again. No power, no sound, nothing. I unplug the power cable and plug it back many times. Nothing happens. It usually takes 2 to 7 hours till the power is on again. It is very very frustrating. I noticed that the problem begins after I got my internet. Could it be some conflicts with the hardwares? Shall I reinstall Ubuntu again?
Thanks!