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    ferrari 4000 not turning on

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

  1. apratim_pranay

    apratim_pranay Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey all..

    all of a sudden my laptop is not turning on...

    i see the power light and the HDD(constantly glowing not blinking as if in use)..and a blank screen...not even the POST screen is showing up

    any help???
     
    apratim_pranay, Oct 13, 2008
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  2. Bartlett

    Bartlett The Prophet

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    did you ever open up the computer?
     
    Bartlett, Oct 13, 2008
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  3. apratim_pranay

    apratim_pranay Notebook Enthusiast

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    no never by myself...

    though..i had given it for some repairs once...(card reader stopped working) around a year back !!
     
    apratim_pranay, Oct 13, 2008
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    oh ok. make sure of the following:

    1. ur battery is full or charging through AC
    2. all of ur components are in place and nothing is loose, but if u didnt touch anything u can skip this step.
    3. what happened before this?
    4. ever have any overheating problems?
    5. how old is this computer?
    6. did u contact acer?
     
    Bartlett, Oct 14, 2008
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  5. yevgeny

    yevgeny Newbie

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    I have exact same issue.
    I sent my laptop for repairs. They changed motherbord and as soon as i ran out of waranty this happened to me
     
    yevgeny, Oct 15, 2008
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  6. apratim_pranay

    apratim_pranay Notebook Enthusiast

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    1.battery charging indiactor shows when AC isplugged in
    2.Nothin is loose
    3.I remember directly turning off the laptop(holding pwr button for 6 secs)
    4.Yes,overheating problems GALORE !!
    5.2 yrs old
    6. not contacted acer

    one more thing...there is a strange noise when i turn off the laptop now(a scratch liike sound)...hard disk crash maybe ???
     
    apratim_pranay, Oct 16, 2008
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    apratim_pranay Notebook Enthusiast

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    sorry for double posting...but really need some help

    dont want to get ripped off by acer..

    thanks again
     
    apratim_pranay, Oct 18, 2008
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  8. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    HDD light is constantly on !
    can you hear the HDD running ?
    does the fan start ?
    have you tried Alt+F10 ? (factory reset)

    sounds like HDD has gone to meet the maker, in the great HDD heaven :(

    just a thought
    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Oct 18, 2008
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    i found a temperary solution to the problem but then the lcd when ka poot and i tryed to change the cfc backlight but then broke two so now i have to attach it to my external display till further notice any ways the problem is with the grapics card tho its like the problem with those ibooks and i can tell you the fix but....
     
    vixd, Oct 19, 2008
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    Any updates on this?? I'm having the same issue... Screen dead, power comes on, hard drive spins up, bluetooth lights up, but does not post or anything! Just stays like that..

    Also out of warranty. Ripping apart laptop to look for a bad component. So far seeing nothing burned out. :-(

    Any ideas?
     
    brianraymes, Apr 27, 2009
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  11. kojack

    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    hmmmmm

    could be bad lcd modules. or motherboard. im leaning towards something monitor related. have a monitor you can plug into it and try?
     
    kojack, Apr 28, 2009
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