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    acer aspire 5315 dead graphics. need help.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nekrose483, Feb 16, 2010.

  1. nekrose483

    nekrose483 Newbie

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    my boyfriend's laptop, an acer aspire 5315, will turn on but the screen stays blank.. doesnt even light up.. i plugged an exterior monitor into it.. and that didnt work either.. so its eaither the mother board or the graphics card. the latpop still turns on and it looks for a CD in the tray because of the blinking light and i can hear it do so... so the mother board isnt dead... so it MUST be the graphics card... thing is, i think its integrated.. can anyone help? is it even possible to replace an integrated video card?
     
    nekrose483, Feb 16, 2010
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    xorandor Newbie

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    Use hot air station or try baking solution which you can found here in any thread. Search.
     
    xorandor, Feb 17, 2010
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  3. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Time to call Acer for a warranty replacement, if it's under warranty.
    The GMA X3100 in the Aspire 5315 is indeed integrated into the chipset, so trying the baking solution will probably melt your system into an unusable mess of silicon.
     
    TehSuigi, Feb 18, 2010
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  4. AndrejaKo

    AndrejaKo Notebook Consultant

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    Why would baking motherboard be any different from baking graphics card?
    I mean, they both go through oven at some point during manufacturing process.
     
    AndrejaKo, Feb 18, 2010
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  5. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes you can bake a motherboard, but you know the X3100 is part of the northbridge chip.
    And usually it doesn't brake.

    I think you should try booting with only one stick of ram.

    Also try this:
    1. Take out the battery and power cord.
    2. hold the power button for 1min.
    3. Put the battery and power cord back and try to boot.
     
    moral hazard, Feb 18, 2010
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