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em 03-17-2013 03:20 PM
Acer Aspire M3985 with W8 fails to startup. Supervisor login is required and present on BIOS level. Systems tells that supervisor login is absent and then an eternal loop starts.
During last BIOS visit monitor turned black, while system was still running. No connections error.
Does this sound familiar? Can anyone advise?
em 03-21-2013 06:23 PM
I would start over with the factory load and attempt to reload Windows 8 using the Upgrade Advisor on our Windows 8 Upgrade Offer page.
Windows 8 Upgrade Offer page:
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/windows-upgrad
Remove any passwords in BIOS and reset defaults.
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