Acer Laptop Hardware Problem

so can we have a list Kaze of what you have tried.
and what happend or what you had been doing the last time you used the laptop when it was working.
Thank You,
Philxx

 

OMG i had it working!!!!!!!!!!! It just suddenly started to respond for a good 15-20 min until it froze and now im back where i started

 

how did you get it started??
just pressed power and up it came??

had you tried shorting the connector or removing the CMOS battery??

 

The laptop was closed but the lights were on so i opened it up and it was working. I havent opened it yet at all

 

look at the bottom of your screen. is there a switch that is pressed/moved by a small piece of plastic.
run finger along the bottom of screen and see if there is a plastic piece sticking out..mine is on the right hand side next to the hinge.
just maybe the switch is sticking.
please it can't be that simple.
(phil smacks head on wall)
Phil

edit: just pushed switch with match and laptop screen goes off and if you hold switch down nothing seems to work. not even the power button and laptop stays in stand by

 

Wow that was some fixing..

 

I'm not sure if it will cause a problem that you are having but check if you have "OSaFsLoc.sys". It's classified as IO driver and have been causing my acer to reboot when I type with my keyboard.

 

i turned it on today and now its back to normal... as if nothing happened

 

just tried it again and its like having a totally dead laptop.
i wonder how many laptops have this kind of switch.
and it does seem to collect dust and if you was to spill some thing sticky like coke on it, well it would make you think thats it chuck laptop in bin

 

Mine doesn't have it

 

man i can't believe we all overlooked that little button... the things we often take for granted... imagine what fun we could have with ACER tech support outta a button glued in permently....

 

That switch is to tell that laptop that you closed your lid (screen). If you set your windows option to turn off computer if lid is closed when you stick that match in, your computer will shut down.

Yes, Acer didn't put that switch at the place where the lid-hooks clamp on like a lot of other laptops.

 

no its not from that switch, to have all this come from that and me not notice it would make me look like a noobie or sumthing

 

i had my laptop set to " go in to stand-by" when i closed the lid. i also tried it with do nothing and it still stopped the keyboard and touch pad. must be a power save function as well

 

don't talk stupid Kaze. I bet there's a few on here who never thought about that switch me included.
I only spotted it because my system tray was having a fit

 

How did you know it stopped working? Were you trying to type something while having that switch pressed?

 

i tried every setting i could find for when you shut the screen and with the settings set to do nothing and letting the laptop go in to standby after a few minuets. still with the same results.
laptop just seemed dead but with the battery light on.
that switch must have more connections than just the screen

PS. even the on/off failed the test.

i wouldn't post until i had done my tests. and my switch is visible, you can see the switch activating arm (small peice of white plastic on a black background

will post a macro pic when son gets back with camera

 

Oh, I didn't mean it that way. Was just curious on what you did. Wasn't questioning on if you tested it or not.

You don't need to go through the trouble of taking a picture of the switch. I know exactly what switch you are talking about.

 

i do apologise Hblade if that came across the wrong way.

but i didn't want to post unless i had tried it my self.
and found a few things out myself on this one.
that switch could answer a few problems for people on here before they dismantle there laptops.
like when you spill something on the laptop and that switch gets a drop and starts sticking

any way your post made me test it even more