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    Brand new Travelmate 2300 will not power up!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by opalfrost98gt, Dec 25, 2004.

  1. opalfrost98gt

    opalfrost98gt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Help! I just got this thing from Newegg a couple of days ago. It worked fine for a day or so.. Now.. It will not turn on at all! No lights on the front panel or anything. I tested the AC adapter in another laptop and it works fine... Anyone have this problem before??[ :(]
     
    opalfrost98gt, Dec 25, 2004
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    rjtd Notebook Consultant

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    Does it light any light when you plug the charger to the laptop and to the wall plug?
    Have you tried to take out the battery and see if, with the charger connected, it starts?
     
    rjtd, Dec 25, 2004
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  3. opalfrost98gt

    opalfrost98gt Notebook Enthusiast

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by rjtd
     
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  4. opalfrost98gt

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    Update.... I found out that it was the battery was not all the way in. Seems odd to have to push it in so hard for it to work.... oH WELL...thanks for the help...

     
    opalfrost98gt, Dec 26, 2004
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    Seems like you are the first one here to have 2300 series.
    Would you please do review and post it here...it would help lot of users, as many have asked question about 2300series

    How do u feel abt performance
     
    george_l, Dec 27, 2004
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    opalfrost98gt Notebook Enthusiast

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    As Requested... The problem came back after I posted. I have sent the machine back to Acer in Texas for warrantty repair. I called to check on the status of the machine and found that they were indeed able to reproduce the problem. They are still working on it (2 Days) since they got it into the shop.

    I must say that Acer is top notch so far in my book as far as customer support. I called at 10:30 am on the 27th of Dec... Fedex was here at 4:00 pm on the 27th to pick up my laptop free of charge to go back to ACER.

    As far as performance of the machine... I'll post when I get the machine back and put it through some benchmarks.
     
    opalfrost98gt, Jan 5, 2005
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  7. ang4561

    ang4561 Notebook Guru

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    I have to agree with you on this one opalfrost98gt, Acer's warranty service is top notch. I haven't received this level of service from any other laptop manufacturer except from IBM! I look forward to reading your review.


     
    ang4561, Jan 7, 2005
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  8. opalfrost98gt

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    Well, I got my laptop back after 10 days... Not Bad IMO...
    Turned out I had a bad system board. Acer replaced it and I have put this thing through several weeks of torture! No More Issues Period!

    Kudos to ACER WARRANTY SUPPORT!!!

    I have not found one single thing that I don't like about this notebook. It Just WORKS! I think it is most likely the best bang for your buck notebook out there right now.

    I'm planning on getting a 7200rpm HD and a Nec 6500a DVD burner to top it off. I already upped the ram to 512... I might go to a gig in the future...
     
    opalfrost98gt, Jan 24, 2005
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    what about the battey life and performance of Celeron M processor ?
     
    george_l, Jan 24, 2005
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    Battery life is okay... The standard battery is a 4 cell 2200mah and lasts about 2-2-1/2 hours. I mainly us the laptop at home so this isnt a real big issue, however the 2300 can also use a 4400mah battery from the 4000 series and that should up the battery life quite a bit.
    http://www.computerhq.com/Acer_LI_ION_BATTERY_TM4500_LC_BTP03_003_099802214982/products/partinfo-id-499632.html

    As far as performance, The Celeron M kicks butt! I ran a comparison using sandra benchmarks and it showed the Celeron M runing neck and neck with the Pentium M. Very little difference.

    I also opened the system up and noticed that the CPU is NOT soldered on to the board. May open some possibilities down the road for an upgrade. I'll post more on this later after further investigation on this system board and available Bios.

     
    opalfrost98gt, Jan 25, 2005
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  11. cheziyi

    cheziyi Notebook Consultant

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    Talking about batteries, acer batteries don't fair as well as other manufacturers. Centrino processors are better than celeron.

    Calvin
    Acer TM 3201XCi
     
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  12. opalfrost98gt

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    Links???

    From TomsHardware comparison of the Celron M vs the Pentium M Centrino:

    Conclusion

    As the comparison tests of the Dell Latitude D505 based on the Celeron M, or alternatively the Pentium M have shown, a notebook with a Pentium M CPU is only advantageous with regard to the battery life. Regarding performance, the difference for day-to-day use of CPU models with a similar core clock speed is only marginal.

    See fer yerself...
    http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040309/


     
    opalfrost98gt, Jan 26, 2005
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    Thanks opalfrost98gt

    which model do u have 2301 or 2303
     
    george_l, Jan 27, 2005
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  14. opalfrost98gt

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    HI It's the 2303... Got it from Newegg for 705 shipped for X-Mas.
    Trying to install Debian on it now and having a wonderfull time trying to get X to start[V]
     
    opalfrost98gt, Jan 27, 2005
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    kb1ixk Newbie

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    Hey opalfrost98gt:

    Where did you find the DVD-Burner for your 2300? Thanks.

    Joe

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  16. opalfrost98gt

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    I did't buy it yet but here it is http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-028&depa=0
     
    opalfrost98gt, Feb 3, 2005
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