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Question moved to Acer Aspire category.
There a few issues that can cause this, the obvious one is that the battery has failed internally, but it can also be a charging software issue. Try this. Unplug from the mains supply. Remove the battery. Leave the computer for 2 hours. Press and hold the power button for a full 2 minutes. Replace the battery, plug back in, count to 10 and power it back up.
Has the motherboard battery ever been changed? They are critical to the health of the motherboard and the machine in general.
Try to keep as much ventilation under the laptop as possible. You can pick up a can of power spray and blow out the unit yourself or have a pro. do it for you. Dust and lint play a deadly part in overheating with laptops. Walmart has Ventilation trays in which the laptop sits and is cooled by forced air from underneath.
Make sure the direction of air flow is the same as your laptop.
You dont want to push air into a output vent.
I want to know the call details and Name & Address of this number What number?What call details? Do you want to get in touch with Acer? Acer America (USA only) Acer America Corporation 333 West San Carlos Street Suite 1500 San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 533-7700 - Phone (408) 533-4555 - Fax (408) 533-4574 - Sales Fax Hope this helps.
If you have no internal hard drive installed you won't get it to work correctly as the hard drive is where the data is stored for the operating system.
fist of all make sure that the file type of the movie is compatible with your computer's software and that its not corrupted and the download was complete, if you downloaded it from lime wire or a program alike it would be a common problem, try downloading another movie and if the problem persists post it here,
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i fixed my Z3771 by shorting the CMOS/BIOS jumper/s. and it worked. Original Problem: Power supply was ok. But the screen was blank, it wont switch on as well. When a lan cable is inserted into the lan port, the lan port would light and flicker. So the motherboard was getting the power supply. but it wouldnt switch on. So opened the back covers, then the metal plate on the right that covers the RAM, etc. And on the motherboard was the two CMOS/BIOS jumpers. its located on the upper right of the CMOS battery in the image. The power supply was supplying the power to motherboard. i only shorted the one marked with red arrow and the pc beeped. So you just take the jumper out and move it back and place it. then take it out and put it back in the original position, U can leave it for a few seconds before returning to original position. then i pressed the power switch and it beeped and turned on, BIOS was reset. I loaded default BIOS to start the PC. Played up twice during OS loading, but eventually windows came up.
OucH no acer real model PC told at all wow hard nut to crack that, I sure can not guess that ...The case told only helps if power on button is wrongor the PSU is wrong. I moved this to acer forum. as the mobo matters.Q1;never worked before by you,? this acer mobo by you?or found it used and dead.? used mobo come good bad or a wreck. (history not told , as in when did fail)the acer.com is the place to look first. for manuals. not told what GPU are you using onboard vga or GPU card or what?All fans spin ? CPU and PSU????if using GPU card that has fan, does it spin too??if case fans do they spin?DoeS DVD tray eject (button hit)?DOES PC beep or flash LED codes?Q2;What VIDEO port class is this "connection"is it:vga, hdmi, dvi or DP ports which one, and where is it? For now only use (if has one) use the VGA port on the mobo , no PCI cards in slots., NO HDD, AND NO DVD DRIVE (JUST UNPLUG THEM FOR NOW) ALL USB THINGS UNPLUG, KEYBOARD LEAVE THERE.MEMORY :pUT 1 stick of ddr RAM only in bank0 channel "A"CPU socket pins bent as seen on ebay endless and sad. below is me guessing what Acer you have.and find this, Acer/GATEWAY ZX4951 or ASPIRE Z3100I read the GW manual check jumpers.the PSU needs 2 power cables to the mobo.4pin power and 24pin (or 20 on legacy)or mobo will be dead. why mess with ACER. (they have no service manuals)put an Asus or Gigabyte mobo there and end this ACER pain,post a photo of the mobo and we can guess what PC it came out of, .......
acer has no service manuals
so all you can do is get the PC fixed in a shop
or google dismantle
or youtube dismantle.
ACER Aspire 1640
there is no other ways, and acer does stink on docs and then in 10years deletes what is there.
not too laptops are the same of 100,000 models unless are. rare that..
that is why I buy dell, heck they have full service manual and even a video web page that shows all dismantle steps.
you do get what you pay for and support tops my list. Dell wins
acer fails hard. ah but was dirt cheap. sure.
no pc model told at all just inches.
no OS told last guy on XP on earth?the virus magnet from H3LL.
well if the hdd is bad, all that you told is what happens.
no hdd this old works why mess with any old hdd, get a SSD in there
and learn to backup private data. or lose it you will
so what now? and answered here 1000 times
move then hdd to 2nd GOOD pc with spare SATA port and get your data that way, if possible at all?"and only trying wins..
or to USB sata docking bay a $15 tool)
the old OS image files for recoveyr die the day any hdd dies.
this is REALTY . best is learn to backup,
mute the speakers if still sounds noisy the fan inside is packed in lint and needs to be cleaned out or overeheating is bad news.
why not ask a shop to look into this.
we can take it apart (covers ) and user or stethoscope to hear noise.
a $5 tool that is. and all shops have one or DIY one.
I put my hear to hDD casings me,
i use tube and put it near the fan vent to hear it scream.
there is no other way besides unplugging all that 1 by one to hear it go silent.
this is SOP, vast PC's pack up in lint and fail.
2005 PC last one on earth that runs virus magnet XP, wow.
RTM all laptops on earth have manual
and in said manual is the hot key pair told for external vga port to work (or what is there)
FN +Fx (x varies by maker)
and see menu, auto, external ,internal, both
pick one.
acer.com,
some are now deleted at 15+ years old. there
so only google finds old manuals now. even free.
no no and no.
the port vga (not told yours or how you get to hmdi on TV ) not told
but laptops default to disabled, it is NOT a PnP port like a TV has.
no it is not, this is to extend battery life lots. by DESIGN>
Fn+F5, did work folks say. googled acer.com ended all support
this hot key works even in bios, no OS needed, Hint hint hint.
why say netbook this is no net book.
NO TV told
no cables told how VGA fits to any HDMI TV. and matters huge
adapted how./ not told
yes I do see lots of reviews griping above 160 Fn+F5 failing
but ive not a clue at all what TV this is , now connected nor why XP is run ever, and there is no support for this relic.
last man on VISTA.
wow.
NFORCE is a EOL dead chip product line now, zero support
yes top cause of BSOD are
GPU driver bad.
DDR mamory bad
and that old rotten bad HDD now loads corrupted OS to RAM and BSOD
nForce belongs in only 1 place (trash heaps)
nForce has zero future, it's like the YUGO car seen in Die hard 2.
funny to watch.
the Yogu car factory was bombed by CLINTON (reason real)
He said "my bad"
amd ended NFORCE
