20 Most Recent Acer Aspire 5720 Notebook - Page 2 Questions & Answers

If your laptop is not recognizing your device after you're tried reinserting it two or three times, then my guess is that MobileMe, a service iTunes uses to launch with your devices, is not running. Try restarting your computer . If it still doesn't work then uninstall and reinstall iTunes.

If you mean it keeps restarting, there is a very good chance your hard disk suffered a head crash.

You'll need to download the Launch Manager drivers for Vista/XP 32 bit (choose from the very first dropdown menu)
http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_5720.html

This method repairs the boot manager, leaving the rest of the partition compressed or uncompressed as before. This method also has the advantage of being much quicker than some methods which involve decompressing the entire partition, plus if much of the drive was compressed, a full decompression wouldn't be possible if disk space was low.
1....Boot off the relevant DVD for your operating system and press a key if/when you are prompted.
2....Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click "Next".
3....Click "Repair your computer".
4....Click the operating system that you want to repair and then click "Next" (usually on C:).
5....From the "System Recovery Options" menu, choose "Command Prompt".
6....Type the following commands exactly as written below, pressing return after each one:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd
exit
7.... Reboot your PC and test.

• CPU Section:
• Microprocessor Full Name:Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5250
• Microprocessor Manufacturer:Intel
• Microprocessor Speed (GHz):1.5
• L2 Cache (KB):2 Mb
• Frontside Bus (MHz):667
• Memory:
• Memory Speed (MHz):667
• Memory Type:DDR2
• Memory Size (MB):2048 Mb
• Max Memory Size:2Gb
• Hard Disk Drive:
• Hard Drive Capacity (GB):80 Gb
• Hard Drive Type:S-ATA

As you can see from my printout from the web site, this laptop doesn't appear to support more than 2Gb of RAM.
Sorry.

Visit following website where you can find clear shot about removing keyboard from Laptop.
Click Here
thought above link is for toshiba but same procedure implements on acers too.

For complete user guide
Click here to download


Please post back if anything changes and rate all the answers.

To turn off the touch pad for this system, use the Fn+F7 key. This should
toggle your touch pad on and off.

The manual can be found here

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5720/Aspire5720ul.shtml

It depends on what connections your TV has, as well as your laptop. I am not familiar with your laptop, so I'll go with generics. Most laptops have a S-video connection, which also is a common TV connection. I would buy at least a 12 foot cord, otherwise you're sitting in front of the TV really not enjoying whatever it is you're putting on the screen. If your laptop has a HDTV connection like the TV has, simply buy a HDTV cord and go from there. One of the more important things is (usually) you have to have the connections made and the TV on before booting the laptop. If you are lucky enough to have a VGA input connection on your TV, you can get a VGA cable (many of the older monitors have a cord with a plug at both ends, simply use one of these) but you still need to have the cord connected as before, before booting. Usually you have to set up your display after the second display is recognized. Go to control panel, display. Or you can get there from right-clicking on the desktop. Either way, then go to settings, then advanced. Hopefully you have Catalyst as one of your tabs there. If not, I would suggest you get some updates as it is a lot easier with the Catalyst control to set up a second display. Once you get to the Catalyst control, you might have to click "detect" or it might be there - you should see a second display below the main display icon. Right click on it, and select either "extend main onto monitor" or "clone". The difference is: Clone makes the new screen match your laptop screen. This is sometimes annoying, especially if you have family or guests watching whatever it is you are putting on the screen. Extend onto main allows you to show only the focus of your presentation. Think of a Powerpoint presentation you have seen - you did not see anything but the focus, meaning the slides. The problem comes when you want to watch something that does not go onto the extended portion of your screen. You can drag some things to the other screen, such as a window with images, but not all things work in an extended window. Depending on how you watch Hulu, you might be better off to use "clone". If you get it to go full screen, clone is definately the way to go.

Plus, if you use "extend main onto monitor", you have to remember to move the screen back when you're done, otherwise the next time you try to use that program or window, it won't show up on your screen. So try clone first, and if that is acceptable, it causes the least problems.

no. The factory defaults set to right cooling temperature. It automatically adjusts the temperature. If your processor is cool fan automatically offs. So dont worry about that

Pull up a GOOGLE web page and type in driver along with the name and moedel number of your driver
The screen will pop up with numeruos drivers available free to you to download

you operating systems need to be re-install

If you are using Windows Vista.
Step 1: Click on Start then type Sound and select sound from the list.
Step 2: Under Playback Tab please select Speakers and Dual Headphones and click on Set Default.
Step 3: Then click on Apply then sound from your notebook should work.

If these steps do not work then the best option is to re-install the sound driver'.
--Steven Vas (The one)

Try to go to device manager by clicking start > right click computer then
click manage > then click device manager > click the arrow beside mouse proterties
> then right click the device and click uninstall
then download this link:

http://us.acer.com/acer/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3750&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=25&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3750&CountryISOCtxParam=US&ctx1g.c2att92=453&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2054404012
select the touchpad driver and install the software...

hope this helps...

it seems like you lost part of your windows. the easiest way if you cant get the cd to run is try to rapair off cd. if not, you need to reinstall. always back-up

Hi,

My name is vinod. Prince829 you said screeching noise when booting up. so try doing the bios default. i.e. shutdown your computer. turnit on immediately keep tapping f2 it would go into bios screen. or if not try tapping delete. For some computer it goes into bios using delete.

So once your into bios screen. press f9 once. it would two options yes or no. say yes. now press f10 save and exit. it restarts the computer. so check if you hear the screeching noise or not. if yes it can a hardware issue. contact acer for support.

Here is the data that I have found: In order to have the BIOS or hard disk password removed (This include any biometric security), the notebook will need to come in to our repair depot for password removal. This service is not covered by warranty and unfortunately there is no other recourse to remove a BIOS or HDD password from the notebook. The flat fee for BIOS password removal is $100.00 US dollars plus tax. If it is a BIOS or HDD password and you would like us to service it for you, please contact our telephone technical support line at 1-800-816-2237. Hours of operation are 7am-9pm CST Monday-Friday and 8am-5pm CST Saturday and Sunday, excluding holidays.

I got the same case few months ago, all I did just clear the CMOS by taking off cmos battery( small battery inside) for few minutes.

Turn the computer on.
Press F8, repeatedly, until you see a start-up menu.
Choose "safe mode".

If it boots, open All Programs.
Open Accessories.
Open System Tools.
Open System Restore.
Select a date/time when your computer _was_ working correct, and go "back" to that checkpoint.

If that does not help, and it boots, use the Windows XP/Vista/7 "File and Settings Transfer Wizard" to create one file, holding all your E-mail, contacts, and music files.
Copy that file to an external disk-drive.

Then, take a deep breath, and reinstall Windows.
Reinstall MS Office.
Reinstall your anti-virus software.
Reinstall Adobe Reader.
Reinstall your other program.
Finally, reload from the external disk-drive.

try this site it is very helpful however you need to use other computer since your HDD is not anymore detected by your system...

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/2040-acer-pc-restore-to-factory-settings