I have the acer aspire 5536-5112 black screen

SOURCE: ACER ASPIRE 5610z BLACK SCREEN

FIX:

I have an acer aspire 5520G and i can relate all too well. It worked fine for about 3weeks (from brand new!!) then one day the screen went blank while trying to boot. I managed to fix it and it worked fine for almost 2years, untill i went to sell it and encoutered the problem again.

The Fix: this is the fix that worked for me; firstly the problem; this seems to be a big problem with acers for some reason, and there are a few variations or confusions about it when people describe their fault. My fault is that when my laptop is off, i press the power button and the green light comes on, a fan starts up and there is hope, but then the fan changes speed slightly and it stays like that indefinatley, without the screen having ever come on, and i mean the computer is virtually dead except the power light and fan, you cannot press ctrl-alt-del or see the screen from an angle or with a torch. the only thing you can do is hold the power button and force a shutdown, so some deep seeded hardware is still working, but it seems the display never starts and the BIOS never loads.

My first fix - i managed to start my computer by pressing the power button, then as fast as i can (hold function button) repeatadly press F5 and F6 ie. with the function button held you are pressing [Black out screen/Restore Screen] and [Switch Monitors]. this usually starts my laptop on the first or second attempt. The first time i did this i was playing around with external monitor cables and connections, and switching monitors and the problem spontaneously fixed itself as mysteriously as it had arrived.

Second time was extremely frustrating, i could still load my computer by pressing F5 and F6 combos but could not get it to become self sufficent. I upgraded my BIOS with the Flash Updater from acer (i found it on the net) and after the second boot attempt, windows vista installed some memory drivers, and the problem was resolved.

if this hadnt worked i would have tried the memory battery fix as above, as my problem definatly seemed bios related.

Hope this helps someone from loosing their hair.

SOURCE: Acer aspire 3050 black

try holding Fn then pressing F6

SOURCE: My Acer Aspire 4315 laptop screen won't come on.

Sounds very familiar, as my wife had this happen twice in the past week on her Acer laptop.

The way I solved it was to completely shut down the laptop by depressing the power button for a minimum of 4 seconds. Then I removed the power cable and took out the battery back, which I kept out for more than 30 secs.

After I put the battery back in, re-connected the power cable and pressed the power button, everything worked like it should, as if nothing had happened.

I'm, not sure what caused it, but I have a sneaking suspicion it has something to do with overheating.

Hope this is helpful,
Good luck,

Michael

SOURCE: ACER ASPIRE 5610z BLACK SCREEN

You could have a defective screen - follow this to determine the fault.

Connect an external monitor to your laptop and power it up, if you see the normal Windows images then the video card and laptop is OK and the problem is definitely the backlight.

Dim image and/or dark display on the laptop's LCD screen indicates a faulty LCD backlight and it could be the inverter that supplies high voltage to the CCFL lamp or it is the CCLF lamp is nearly burnt out or burnt out, most likely this is the case.
The inverter can be replaced easily but the CCLF lamp is more time consuming and requires soldering skills.
Check out www.lcdparts.net for parts, repair service and DIY info.

SOURCE: SCREEN IS BLACK

i have this problem 2 days ago.. and this works on me... maybe on your's too

you may need to flash your bios. why need to flash the bios.. ? 1. had the black screen of death. or deleted the bios



how to flash the bios:

STEP 1.download the AA1 BIOS from this link:

http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/AS1_BIOS_3309.zip

2. extract the file
3. rename the file 3309.fd to zg5ia32.fd
4. put zg5ia32.fd and FLASHIT.EXE onto the usb drive


now, start the process

STEP 2
A. make sure the power cable is in
B. the laptop is turned OFF
C. Plug the usb stick in!

STEP 3:
Press and HOLD down the FN and ESC key together
then press the power button, while holding the buttons

release the power button and continue holding FN and ESC for about 5 seconds
release the buttons and the power light will start to blink
let the laptop run and DO NOT PRESS anything this can take upto 8 mins
when it's done the laptop will restart.

this works on me... good luck.. and i hope it will help you.....