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    Acer Aspire 5517 freezing when bios load

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by bartendersimon, Feb 22, 2010.

  1. bartendersimon

    bartendersimon Newbie

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    HI everyone,

    I have a aspire 5517 and fron last week i cant get into my laptop at all, it keep freezing right after a turn the laptop on and the "Press <F2> to go setup" show up, after that the computer stays there for ever and do nothing. i think the motherboard just when bye bye but im not sure, any hint will be good.

    Thanks
     
    bartendersimon, Feb 22, 2010
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  2. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    Can you unplug the computer from battery and AC opening it up remove harddisk then press and hold power button for 30s then put back the power and turn it on?
     
    weinter, Feb 23, 2010
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