EliteGroup G320 press f12 - EliteGroup G320 Notebook

Hi,
There is nothing much that can be done to speed up the system as it can not go beyond 1GHz Processing speed, but several operating system tweaks and some hardware upgrade could make a little but notable difference.
As for Hardware, you may increase the RAM. You can upgrade memory on ECS Elitegroup Computer G320 upto a maximum of 1.0 GB (The ECS Elitegroup Computer G320 takes the PC2100 DDR SDRAM SODIMMs Memory)
Secondly, You may increase the size of PAGE FILE, uninstall unwanted software, Remove unwanted start-up items, Clean Junk Files/ Temporary files, De-fragment the Hard Disk to achieve the maximum speed and performance that EliteGroup G320 PC can give.

Hope it helps! Good Luck! Thanks for using Fixya!
CreativeTECH

Insert the recovery disk. Restart the computer, and press the "F11" key.
Press the "F" key to "reinstall factory settings." If your computer's operating system is damaged, you may only see "perform a full system recovery" as an option. In this case, press "R."
Insert any disks if prompted by the restoration program. Otherwise, permit the computer to restart as needed.

- go to device manager
right click computer if your using win 7 and click properties click device manager on right side
- try to uninstall the keyboard driver and restart your system
- hope this works

The usual "suspects":

* DEL
* Enter
* F1
* F2
* F10
* F12
* ESC

Try them all.

Most laptops either use the [F2] or [Del] key to access the BIOS. If not, it could be either [Esc], [F1] or [F12]. You might also try [Ctrl]+Key, [Alt]+Key or [Shift]+Key combinations if the previous keys don't work.

Make sure you don't get past the initial POST screen when trying the keys.

Take your computer to a qualified notebook technician, for proper trouble-shooting, and repair.

I have ECS A900 and to enter BIOS, you press DEL key.

I found that the hard way :)

It's because of faulty capacitors. Look here:

http://www.fixya.com/support/t890498-laptop_power_elitegroup_g320_pc_notebook

http://driverscollection.com/?H=G320&By=ECS%20(Elitegroup)

Sounds like the infamous electrolytic capacitor plague (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague -- also read the discussion page)

In the early years of this century chinese spys stole a formula for novel electrolyte from a leading Japanese chemical company but unfortunately they only copied page 1 of the two-page recipe. The incomplete electrolyte went into many millions of capacitors reducing their life span dramatically. I understand these capacitors were made until 2004. That's about the time the G320 was manufactured, at least mine.

I opened and disassembled everything, I saw some "swollen" 1500uF/6.3V capacitors, replaced them and the G320 would start again.

This may sound easier than it was, however. I live in a country where computers aren't made no more and spare parts are hard to find. The G320 has 4 of the above caps in upright position and 4 placed horizontally. I could only get some larger types that do fit horizontally but not vertically. Thus I had to replace a bad vertical one by one of the remaining good horizontal ones and then replace the horizontal ones by the bigger ones.

Warning!
If you re-assemble your G320 make sure you use the shortest 3 screws for the the points where the upper cover is fastened to the metal sheet frame that presses the cpu against the heat sink. If you use a longer screw (which I did) you may experience that a destroyed 4x56 ohms resistor network chip on the mainboard can also be hard to be relaced in non computer producing countries.

Good luck!

Mittwoch