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    Has anyone opened up their Acer Aspire 5100? Where or what, is the motherboard manufacturer and model

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by cc54, Aug 8, 2009.

  1. cc54

    cc54 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I have had a breakthrough in my laptop experience. I actually opened it up.

    I followed the manual and no problems as of yet.

    My question is the point in me opening up my laptop was to find the motherboard make and model and revision version number. I was checking to see if there was a bios update for this laptop and the advice given was to get the exact motherboard make etc..

    and the best advice on how to get an exact match was to open it up. I did and I searched as far as my cheap tools would let me. I was able to remove the cpu fan but when I went to remove the cpu heatsink I could not get the screws to budge. According to the manual the cpu is beneath the cpu heat sink and this is where I thought I needed to go to find the motherboard make and model etc...

    I just don't know what I am looking for or where to look for it. .. :(

    Help :)
     
    cc54, Aug 8, 2009
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  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    All motherboards are made by Acer and their bioses are on their website AFAIK.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 8, 2009
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    techiediva Notebook Consultant

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    the latest bios for the 5100's is version 3.13

    the bios update is one acers website, and bios updates are available by model number, not mainboard versions.
     
    techiediva, Aug 8, 2009
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    cc54 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank You Meaker. I had downloaded the bios version from this site. I am now trying to see if I can find more information on what this bios update includes and if it will solve my computer problems.

    Thanks Again
     
    cc54, Aug 10, 2009
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    chriscatt Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, what proof have we the motherboards are actually made by Acer and not third party supplied as are the cases..
    Chris
     
    chriscatt, Aug 10, 2009
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    techiediva Notebook Consultant

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    acer does not make their own mainboards. Acer uses ODM's (e.g. Foxconn, Inventec, Hannstar, Quanta, Arima, etc.) to make their products. You may consider any Wistron board an Acer board, as Wistron used to be Acer's manufacturing division before it got spun off.

    Also, no this is not Acer fooling or tricking anyone. All major OEM's use ODM's.
     
    techiediva, Aug 10, 2009
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    cc54 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you techiediva,

    I have another question: Do you know any resources on how to find out what changes are in the Acer 5100-5674 v3.13 bios update. I unzipped the acer 3.13 version and there was no information on what is in this bios update.

    In other words ,Am I safe using this update? Is it then assumed that any acer 5100 model is safe using this bios version?

    what do you think?
    (help) :)

    thank you,
     
    cc54, Aug 13, 2009
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  8. cc54

    cc54 Notebook Enthusiast

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    chriscatt, I have no idea. That is a good question. Is there a sure software program that will tell me this or is the best way to find out is to just open it up and try again?

    any suggestions woud be appreciated
    thank you
     
    cc54, Aug 13, 2009
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    wisung Newbie

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    I am looking for a munual to open up the aspire 5100. Could you please tell me how to open up, so that I can strip the mainboard?
     
    wisung, Sep 10, 2009
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