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    Acer Aspire 3100series

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by 30PlusDarknight, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. 30PlusDarknight

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    Hi all,

    My daughter's Acer laptop started having troubles this week. The keyboard and touchpad are unresponsive and I'm pretty sure the USB ports aren't working.

    I did a little research and it seems the problem is with a chip on the motherboard.

    1st question: Has anyone had similar issues like this and were you able to determine if it was a hardware issue or is it a software problem that might be fixed with reformatting the harddrive?

    2nd: if it is the motherboard, is there an aftermarket board available that could be substituted for the original Acer?

    Oh, and I'm new here. :)

    Thanks,

    Darknight
     
    30PlusDarknight, Oct 23, 2008
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