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    Acer Aspire 5741 - Black Screen after CMOS Reset

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by shiznt, Jun 21, 2011.

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    Ok, my friend brought a second hand laptop which had a password on the BIOS so I downloaded a copy of the Service Manual online with the procedure on resetting the CMOS.

    So I removed the password. I reassembled the laptop and turned it on and all I get is blank screen, fans, hdd and dvd drive shows shows signs of life.

    I have formatted a usb, copied the bios file and put the laptop in crisis mode and tryed to restore the bios but it doesn't read the usb.

    Have I damaged the CMOS battery or motherboard? is there anything else I can try?
     
    shiznt, Jun 21, 2011
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