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    Acer Travelmate C300 problems

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mindyp01, Aug 20, 2007.

  1. mindyp01

    mindyp01 Newbie

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    Hello!

    I hope someone can shed some light on what's going on with my Acer Travelmate C300.

    My Acer shut down on me and I had trouble getting it to reboot, so when I finally got it to turn on (with the on/off switch) the monitor is black and the bluetooth continues to blink. It doesn't seem to boot up at all. The fan is running, black screen with the bluetooth flashing on and off. It doesn't sound like it is booting up like normal, just the black screen and bluetooth flashing, and of course the fan.

    I have tried the function/arrow keys to be sure it is not dimmed. I have removed the battery and hard drive and put them back in. The battery is completely charged.

    I'm at a loss. This is a $2,000 notebook and my warranty is out. The notebook is less than 2 years old.

    Does anyone here have any ideas?

    Thanks!
     
    mindyp01, Aug 20, 2007
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  2. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    have you tried FN+F6 or F5.
    one is the backlight for you screen

    i think out loud and if you have tried this slap me lol ;)
     
    hoggie, Aug 20, 2007
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  3. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    Did you try reinstalling the system? Booting from recovery CD for instance?
     
    Patrick Y., Aug 20, 2007
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    starveym Newbie

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    I am having the same problem after i updated the BIOS. How can restore the previous BIOS drivers?My space Bar, key T, V and B are also not working and they are sticky..Please help
     
    starveym, Dec 30, 2007
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  5. ogpdk

    ogpdk Newbie

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    What happened to your labtop? I have exact the same problem on BOTH of my acer labtops. (Travelmate 4502)
    Thanks..
     
    ogpdk, Mar 29, 2008
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