20 Most Recent Acer Aspire RC500 PC Desktop Questions & Answers

most programs have a Menu at the top. Most menus have the "file" option. Print is usually under file. if not, try holding CTRL and P. That should start the printer. If those do not work, open the photo with MS PAINT and go to file, Print.

I found a list of the needed drivers most of them have drverguide.com registration is free: VGA Intel 82865G Integrated Device AUDIO Intel 82801EB ER AC97 Audio Controller (ICH5 ICH5R) Device NETWORK Realtek RTL 8139 8139C MODEM Conexant Rockwell HSF 56k HSFi FIREWIRE VIA Fire II OHCI Controller VT6306 DEVICE RECEIVER Logitech LX 700 MULTIMEDIA ENCODER Conexant Rockwell CX23418 Single Chip MPEG 2 USB Genesys Logic USB Hub DUB H4 USB Hub and Intel 82801EB ER USB2 EHCI Controller ICH5 ICH5R WI-FI Belkin Ralink RT2573 F5D7050 Wireless V3000

Lithium battery statement CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to local regulations. Recycle if possible.

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/1376/Acer-Rc500.html?page=11#manual If your computer is under warranty should it be done by a qualified service if You not want to lose the guarantee.

Get a can of compressed air and blow into all the vents; should have a pile of dust come out. If it doesn't and is under warranty, contact Acer for warranty service, if it's not, take it to a local technician; it may be the thermal grease for the processor or a seazed fan.

yes, you need that. you can download the drivers at this link : http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/desktop/aspire_rc500.htmldownload and install Onboard Intel Video Chipset driver for MS Windows Vers. 14.9 and Intel Chipset Drivers 5.0.. in case you needed different driver for this computer, you can find that as well on that link... Hope that works.

Hi sampeb300,

Regarding to your Problem here is the Step by Step Procedure,


Step 1: Turn off your computer, Please remove the power cable to ensure the flow of electricity is gone.

Step 2: Use an anti static wrist strap to safely ground your self.

Step 3: Remove the Cables connected from your fan to motherboard. This is usually a 4 pin cable, depends on the type of your motherboard.

Step 4: Unscrew the Fan from your Pc Case.

Step 5: Vice Versa in Installing just do the procedure,


Hope This Helps,

For removing the cpu fan. remove the cables connected to the motherboard then remove the fan from the cpu chip, now always remember in installing a new cpu chip always apply a thermal compound before locking the fan to the chip.

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The power rating of the switch mode power supply is printed on the label attached to the power supply.

hello madonnawithw, You should be able to slide the cover if you remove the chromed screws around the back panel of yourcomputers

I assume you are talking about the cd drive into a desktop aspire ...The procedure is to remove the side cover and have access inside teh desktop ..(the left one ) ..after that locate the drive ,.,remove the power source cable and the ide controller...and after that it will have 2 screws on each side (repeat procedure by removing the other cover-right one ) ..and after all 4 screws are removed..the cd drive will slide out ..in forward ..(it is mounted on a slide )
For some desktops it will not be held in place with screws ..but it have a locking mechanism and you need to pull aside or back ...and it will unblock the drive and will slide out toward front side ..

Please go to the following website and install the Video, audio and TV tuner Driver. This will install the multimedia controller driver you are looking for.

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You are talking about the CMOS battery. It takes a CR2032 and it can be found on the motherboard. It's about the size of a quarter. Just carefully remove the old one and replace it.
I'm curious to know why you think the battery needs to be replaced. If you clock keeps the wrong time, the battery could be defective, but more likely is the possibility that you computer just can't keep time correctly.
You could try to install a utility like "Atomic Clock" to keep the system updated.

Check the VGA cable . Whether it is connected to cpu and and monitor or not. Then also its not coming then try to Remove RAM from slot and reinsert it . Hope it may solve your problem

use windows cd to do that, reinstall it with format with new instalation mode, it will work

Clean the RAM slot once more and try.

Acer Aspire M5641
NVIDIA nForce 630i/7100
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4700 @ 2.60GHz

1. Go to http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
2. Download the latest version driver, extract to flash disk.
3. Connect your flash disk when windows said that driver is missing (before enter vista serial
number) and browse to "IDE/WinVista/sataraid" windows will choose the driver that it need,
install it
4. The process will continue as usual....

It could very well be a power supply issue. Try narrowing down the source of the problem:
Does this power problem no matter what USB device you plug into your computer? If it is just one device, then it is something wrong with that particular device. I'd recommend replacing or getting it repaired.
If it happens with all devices it could be a problem with the power supply or USB port on your computer. Try a different USB port on your computer or have it looked at by a local technician.

You'll have to purchase the XP software, set your computer to boot from cd (in the cmos settings), put the disk in the cd and restart you computer. When the screen comes up to "...hit any key to boot from cd" hit any key. The system will boot to the XP cd and will allow you to delete the old partition, reformat your drive, and install XP. Next go to www.acer.com and download your drivers. Finally install your programs and data on to your hard drive. Have fun!

NOTE: Make absolutely sure that you backup the programs and data that you want to keep before starting the XP install!

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