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    Acer Aspire 7520G weird boot loop

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Snorfiets, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. Snorfiets

    Snorfiets Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I have read about the boot loop on these acers. I've had it before, it just keeps restarting untill I turn the power off. But back then it went on, started cooling, shut down, turned on again started cooling, and off again, repeatedly.

    The problem I have now is; it turns on with cooling, then it turns off, and then basically the power button only starts blinking, it does nothing else... no cooling anymore either.
    The cooling fan seems to be working properly, I tried Fn+esc to see if it would be cooling and that worked fine.

    What I've tried:
    Starting without HDD's, without RAM and a combination. No difference, tried opening it up and pressing the CMOS, no success either. I have no soldering equipment whatsoever, so I have no idea what else I can do.

    Please help, and if you need more information that can be provided.

    Edit:
    This is an Acer Aspire 7520G - 502G32Mi
    AMD Turion TL-60 2x 2,0 GHz with an nVidia GeForce 8400M
    Had a memory update about a year ago, from 2 to 4 GB.
     
    Snorfiets, Jun 30, 2010
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    Snorfiets Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did some random things again;
    Tried pressing on/around the touchpad, no luck. Middle of keyboard (already tried pressing CMOS but that was inevitable.)

    Don't know what else I could try.
     
    Snorfiets, Jul 1, 2010
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    Snorfiets Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bump for great justice!

    No really; I need some advice really :< Because it's so sad seeing my laptop on my table, ready to be burried...
     
    Snorfiets, Jul 2, 2010
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    Bios update?
     
    lloco73, Jul 2, 2010
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    Snorfiets Notebook Enthusiast

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    It never gets into POST. Nor does it have a functional DVD drive, so I don't know how I could do that.
     
    Snorfiets, Jul 2, 2010
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    Snorfiets Notebook Enthusiast

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    Been two days and I still have no clue what I could do :<
     
    Snorfiets, Jul 4, 2010
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    Anyone?... I don't know what to do with it.
     
    Snorfiets, Jul 6, 2010
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    Got out of my boot loop!

    What I did:
    Put my laptop on my bed, let it do the boot loop till it turned off.

    Then I turned it on again and it didn't do the boot loop anymore, I connected my battery + adapter, and then started it up and it ran!
     
    Snorfiets, Jul 8, 2010
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