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    Aspire 5100 HDD Problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by TurboTortoise, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. TurboTortoise

    TurboTortoise Newbie

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    Hi I have an Aspire 5101 AWLMi with a hard drive fault. The original drive died so I replaced it with a new Western Digital. Everything wad fine, Windows XP intalled fine but then after only a day or 2 the BIOS was failing to see it. If I removed the drive and refitted it the laptop would boot and run as normal. After another few day's of this I couldn't get the BIOS to "see" the drive at all. Thining the HDD was faulty I returned it and got a replacement but the BIOS is not recognising that one either. Could this be a physical fault with the motherboard?

    Thanks

    Tony
     
    TurboTortoise, Mar 21, 2008
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  2. penrynTech

    penrynTech Notebook Guru

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    I'm afraid to say that this is a common fault with that model. You require a new mainboard to fix it.
     
    penrynTech, Mar 21, 2008
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  3. TurboTortoise

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    Scrap then lol!!!!!
     
    TurboTortoise, Mar 23, 2008
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  4. max 0401

    max 0401 Notebook Consultant

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    My apologies :D

    This is terrible situation!!
     
    max 0401, Mar 23, 2008
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    ©infiniti© Notebook Enthusiast

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    that said if it is scrap , i would be tempted to try updating the bios , you have nothing to lose
     
    ©infiniti©, Mar 24, 2008
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    somed00d Notebook Enthusiast

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    i am not sure if it will boot off usb but you could try to get an external enclosure and boot that way. not as fun but at least you still can use it.
     
    somed00d, Mar 25, 2008
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  7. TurboTortoise

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    That's not a bad idea, better than scrapping it off. I could get a USB enclosure and if it won't boot I could use it for extra storage for my new laptop.
     
    TurboTortoise, Mar 27, 2008
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