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    My Acer Laptop Screen Is Black!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Ekolost, Dec 16, 2007.

  1. Ekolost

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    I Was Surfing The Internet When Suddenly The Screen Went Black. I Waited A Few Seconds And The Screen Went On For A Couple Of Seconds. However It Then Went Fully Black Again. Why Is This? The Laptop Is Still Clearly On As The Green Light Is On. My Laptop Is An Acer Aspire 5100.

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    I Was Wondering Is There Any Way I Can Copy All My Dacuments From The Laptop To My External Hardrive Using Only Keyboard Shortcuts As Obviosly I Can't See The Screen. Please Help!
     
    Ekolost, Dec 16, 2007
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  2. KnightUnit

    KnightUnit Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have an external monitor you can hook it upto?

    Also have you tried doing a forced shutdown by holding the power button down and rebooting?
     
    KnightUnit, Dec 16, 2007
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  3. Ekolost

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    Yes Ive Tried Hooking It Up With A External Moniter But Nothing Shows. I've Turned It Off And When I Turn It Back On I Always Get 3 Beeps And Then Once Again A Black Screen.
     
    Ekolost, Dec 16, 2007
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  4. Evolution

    Evolution Vox Sola

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    Three beeps at startup... sounds like your mainboard is failing or has failed.
    You will need to contact acer, if you are still under warranty then they will replace it for you.
     
    Evolution, Dec 16, 2007
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  5. Ekolost

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    Will I Lose My Documents?
     
    Ekolost, Dec 16, 2007
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  6. Skibums

    Skibums Notebook Evangelist

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    You may or you may not. I've serviced my old Fujitsu and they didn't wipe my HD, but I would always assume that you can lose your data. Do you have access to another computer? If so get a usb 2.5" HD enclosure, pull you HD from the laptop and copy the data you wish to save.
     
    Skibums, Dec 16, 2007
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  7. Ekolost

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    Yes But How Do I Copy If I Cant See The Screen?
     
    Ekolost, Dec 17, 2007
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  8. Skibums

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    Remove the HD from your laptop, put it in the usb HD enclosure, and plug it into a usb port on another computer (need access to a second computer), copy all the important data on the second computer's HD or burn to DVDs, CDs, etc....

    Look here, if your not sure what a usb HD enclosure looks like. You would need one with sata interface.
     
    Skibums, Dec 17, 2007
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  9. Ekolost

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    Thanks I've Backed Up My Data.
     
    Ekolost, Dec 19, 2007
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