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    Acer Aspire E15 doesnt start up

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by snakess, Dec 27, 2014.

  1. snakess

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    Hi, I have an Acer Aspire E15, when I turn it on , I get the logo and the rings too appear. But when it changes page, I get a grey screen and all I see is my mouse flickering.

    Any response I get , thank you
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    That means BIOS self check is OK but Windows fails to start. Try safe my DE (by pressing F8).
    If this doesn't help, get straight to reinstalling or recovering Windows.

    It doesn't seem to be a hardware issue.
     
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    When I press f8 nothing happens, the only key it responds too is f2
     
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    Try repeatedly pressing F8, it's hard to get the right moment. It's Windows related, not BIOS related so you have to time it right immediately after the BIOS screen.

    If all else fails try ALT+F10 at boot which should start eRecovery.
     
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    Hello, I have a very similar problem. I see the startup screen on my aspire e15, but no rings. It happened after a gaming session ended with the computer freezing. I tried a cold reboot, but the computer would not start. In the last year, I have bought 3 cheap laptops and they are now all broken. The game I played was pretty basic, though. Do I need a more expensive computer to get a better chance of it lasting longer? Thanks.
     
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    thanks for the info... it helps me a lot...

    again thank you super moderator
     
    computer specialist, Oct 12, 2015
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