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    How to jump-start an Acer Extensa 4420-5983

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by breakingspell, Oct 10, 2010.

  1. breakingspell

    breakingspell Newbie

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    over the past 5 months, my Acer extensa 4420 has been more and more difficult to power on. The power switch seems to be failing, and it even got to the point where i had signed it off as broken, and dismantled it for parts.

    Last night, i put it back together, out of boredom, after sitting in a box for 3 months, and it worked, but once again, it seems to have a faulty power switch.

    I can only get it to start if i rapidly press the power button, further degrading it, and it only works half the time.

    I know how to jump a desktop computer, by fooling the motherboard by shorting it's power switch pins. However, on a laptop, the power switch is part of the motherboard, and really can't be removed and it's leads accessed...

    Any help?
     
    breakingspell, Oct 10, 2010
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    breakingspell Newbie

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    Honestly, Can someone at least LOOK at this?
     
    breakingspell, Oct 11, 2010
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  3. robbert-h

    robbert-h Notebook Consultant

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    Well I looked at your post, but I have no clue. Why don't you buy a spare part? Look at the productnumber in your service manual. Just buy a used one, saves money ;-)
     
    robbert-h, Oct 12, 2010
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