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    acer 5100 has a problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by buba007, Oct 13, 2008.

  1. buba007

    buba007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok it is giving me fixed hard drive park error 0200:
    I opened it up, looked at the IDE connectors very closely and they are good, tried 4 drives so far, run LIVE Linux fine as long as there is no hard drive in, the thing is, It does shows the drives in BIOS thou, and using F12 boot menu, hard drive is in the option.
    any idea?
     
    buba007, Oct 13, 2008
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  2. kiriakost

    kiriakost Notebook Deity

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    Is the HD the original, or larger than the original ?
     
    kiriakost, Oct 13, 2008
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  3. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Not good apparently it's a common issue with 5100, check this thread.
     
    ATG, Oct 13, 2008
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  4. mikbish

    mikbish Notebook Enthusiast

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    same problem on mine mate ...have a look at my thread ( don't know how to link it , but look for my name )

    I flashed bios to a later version and seemed to work but had another blue screen error later , but different - it may of been a one off this though ?)
     
    mikbish, Oct 13, 2008
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  5. aspiretrouble

    aspiretrouble Newbie

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    Hi,
    Try this: Press the plastic around the keyboard using one finger just below the 'windows logo' key (the key next to 'Fn'), apply generous amount of pressure. If your laptop boots correctly, you should have a faulty motherboard, if this is the case, it´s probably the ATi chip just below where you are pressing (big BGA chip) that has bad contacts to the motherboard.
    Good luck. And please if that is the case help spread the word, I spent several hours surfing the net to find some info on this error and couldn't find anything consistent, I took the laptop apart, resoldered both ide connectors, even heated up this chip a little using hot air gun, no luck so far, but my guess is as simple as this, bga chip coming loose as usual these days...
     
    aspiretrouble, Dec 16, 2008
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  6. man00

    man00 Notebook Geek

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    If its the motherboard and "if" Acer hasn't address the issues buying a new board or used would be rolling the dice. I'm sure not all 5100s have this issue but I have seen enough from other fourms/message boards to make one wonder. May be time to part it out and sell on ebay.
     
    man00, Dec 17, 2008
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  7. man00

    man00 Notebook Geek

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    You seen this video on youtube?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47PdJ5FWsQQ
     
    man00, Dec 23, 2008
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