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    Acer AS5920

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by davidthai, Jul 5, 2008.

  1. davidthai

    davidthai Newbie

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    I bought the above note book in UK aprox 6 weeks ago,and took it to Thailand with me where i live . the first 4 weeks everything was ok and then one day when i switched on the display would not show there was a message ref display driver , i am not familar with the tech side of coms so i took it to my nearest dealer they want aprox $300 to fix it as the guarantee is only for Europe , has anyone had this problem or can anyone shed any light of what went wrong with it
    Thanks in anticipation
     
    davidthai, Jul 5, 2008
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  2. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Your display show error massage?so I guess it's not a VGA card related issue.

    I think it's driver issue,so try to boot it from safe mode(Press F8 key when you see the BIOS screen) & uninstall the driver.

    After that again boot into safe mode & run driver cleaner

    Finally install latest VGA driver
     
    bigspin, Jul 5, 2008
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  3. dms05

    dms05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's a fairly straight forward fix and $300 is a rip-off. If you can gain access to the Acer web site (probably go for euro acer as it's a UK machine) you can download the driver you need http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_5920.html . You might find using ALT/F10 as you boot will give you access to the 5920 recovery console (mine does!) in a low resolution simple video mode.

    I've just reloaded my 5920 with a complete driver set and it wasn't difficult once I had access to the laptop.
     
    dms05, Jul 5, 2008
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  4. kobe_24

    kobe_24 Notebook Deity

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    If nothing else, just use your recovery CD/DVD's!
     
    kobe_24, Jul 5, 2008
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  5. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    $300,,, man they must have seen you comming... and then thought they could make some easy money

    for $300 i can repalce your MB and fix your problem.... BUT I HAVE TO KEEP THE MOTHERBOARD,, unless you wanna pay an extra $150....

    JUST KIDDING....

    but seriously STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THAT SHOP... they are the kind of people that give PC REPAIR TECHS a bad name!
     
    bigozone, Jul 5, 2008
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