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    ACER Extensa 4420-5239 laptop

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Glennvph, Aug 7, 2008.

  1. Glennvph

    Glennvph Newbie

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    Returned the first Extensa 4420 due to monitor issue (freeze - dark Blue screen) and replacement is also acting the same. Nothing is working except rebooting and really annoying. Could someone help me what to do? Thanks a lot!
     
    Glennvph, Aug 7, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    press F8 when it first boots and choose SAFE MODE..

    see if that helps
     
    bigozone, Aug 7, 2008
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    Thanks for the info! By the way, I saw one of the comments that it is the ATI driver/software (Catalyst) causing the issue (screen to freeze). What he did was unintall and install only the driver. Still waiting for my machine to freeze again.
     
    Glennvph, Aug 8, 2008
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    Hi its me again...still the same...the monitor freezes and have to reboot again. maybe its the ATI driver? But don't know how to go about on this...your help is greatly appreciated. Thnaks again...
     
    Glennvph, Aug 12, 2008
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  5. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    i have no experince w/ AMD or ATI hardware with reguards to ACER laptops.
    sorry i can't do more for you... it may be time to get on acer's BUTT,, and ask for a replacement if they can't test the laptop enough to replicate the problem.

    just a thought,

    bigO
     
    bigozone, Aug 12, 2008
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    What is everyone averaging for battery life? I turned down all performance settings possible, backlight all the way down, and stopped any services not needed. Less than 2 hours still while just running firefox. Impressed otherwise with the system but did I get a dud battery?
     
    btownz28, Oct 16, 2008
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