Notebooks & Netbooks

[rhartnett35]

I have had my Aspire 5552-5898 since mid 2011, and about a month ago it ceased to boot. I dont know what to do, I have read up on the issue and tried everything suggested, I have made sure it is not the battery, not the RAM, not the HDD, not the GPU or display. I go to power the machine on, fan and drives spin up, then a second or two later everything stops. Maybe someone knows of a solution not posted anywhere, or maybe there is a way I can get it fixed (for a reasonable price... aka not the 250 that acer wants for out of warranty hardware, 250 is more than the thing is worth at this point)

[JackE]

Do you get the Acer logo screen before everything stops? If not, do you hear any beep codes on first powering on?

Jack E/NJ

[rhartnett35]

No, the system did not get as far as POST.

[JackE]

How did you check that the battery, RAM, HDD, GPU & display were OK?

Jack E/NJ

[rhartnett35]

Battery: As suggested by a few people around the internet (including on the acer forums) by removing the battery and disconnecting AC power, then holding the power button for 30 seconds (power reset), after re-inserting the battery, and connecting AC power and having that fail I did a power reset again and tried it on only AC power which failed.

RAM: Reseated it multiple times (as suggested by others), and tried it on a family member's laptop that accepts the same spec RAM.

HDD: Same as second diagnostic for RAM, as well as just trying to boot without the HDD installed.

As for the GPU, from reading I found that a black screen issue would result from a dead gpu, however audio would still remain, and POST would be achieved. If it were purely a dead GPU then this would be the most likely scenario. And the display has no damage what so ever and was working fine the second before all this occured.

[JackE]

OK. Next step. It may be overheating. Did you check for dust bunnies when you opened it? If not, have you tried to apply a strong vacuum cleaner hose to the intake? Or alternatively applied a strong air current to the exhaust? Or both?

Jack E/NJ