20 Most Recent Acer TravelMate 2480 Notebook Questions & Answers

as you say you have not tried a different battery or power supply then may be thats what you need to do just to make sure thats not what it could be.

the cable to the hard drive is bad or the motherboard is bad,

Please try to deactivate the Fn (function) key. That will help you get rid of your problem. Press Fn key + Numlock key once and try again. You can also try pressing the Fn key once and type letters in any word processor program with the key combination everytime you press the Fn key once. E.g. open the notepad, press Fn once and after that press ) with Shift.

If you have problem, let me know.

Good luck.

Thanks for using FixYa.

There are drivers for Vista and XP here... http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

Try removing the main battery and unplug the power, then hold the power on button down for 30 seconds, if this does not work, remove the cmos battery for 30 seconds to reset the bios

http://supportforacer.iyogi.com/travelmate/upgrade-windows-7-7.html

Reinstall your keyboard if it is software problem. If it is hardware problem you can change the keyboard or learn to use the RIGHT SHIFT key. A minor annoyance (in my opinion).

Boot the computer in safe mode. You will be able to go in and reset your password. and once you are running you can always install your normal password. Depending on the operationg system usually F10 or F2 or on some the DEL key will get you into the safe mode.. Good Luck easy do once you are in safe mode....

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuTqWR4qTpQkf48296H_gg?feature=mhee

http://driverscollection.com/?file_id=37964

That should be it, Enjoy.

fter much research on the web for this problem, it could be you need to update your video card, with any updates that you can find on the manufacturer's website.
You can also go to Start/Search (or Find), then type in PRISM3D.LOG

When you find it, left double click on it to open it, then it should tell you what the error is.

It is quite simple... Check any of these sites below...

Visit www.speedtest.net and you will see your results...

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/

http://www.my-speedtest.com/

You can use the install disk to recover password,Just boot from the install disk and follow the options

For Windows XP, you can download the file using the following URL:

ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2480/driver/Card%20Reader%202.0.0.2.zip

For Windows Vista, you can use the following URL:

ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2480/vista/Drivers/Card%20Reader%20TI%20Driver%202.0.0.6q.zip

Download & install the Audio drivers for your Operating System(OS) @ http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=186

Select your OS and proceed to download the correct audio drivers.

Hope it helps.