Notebooks & Netbooks

[antoniomch]

I have an Aspire 5740G that I think is dead...

A few days ago I turned the computer on, and after a few minutes it went off with no warning at all.

I was working on it without AC power connected at the moment.

At first I thougth the battery was empty, but I plugged it to the charger and nothing.

I removed the battery and plugged it to the charger, and nothing.

The only sign of life it shows is when it's plugged to the charger a light blinks saying that the battery is charging, other then that nothing at all.

Is it really dead ? Any other thing I can do ?

[n2gc]

Maybe not. I had  a problem with one of my 5315's that acted like this and had to

go through what some might call a "hard start" but got it to go. The biggest problem

is overheating on Acer's seems like. They can be very sensitive to overheating and

steps hav to be taken to insure they run as cool as they can or under each unit's

req's.

Good thing is, if no one can help you here, you have a deicated owner's forum for

the 5740g here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/468091-acer-aspire-5740g-owners-lounge.html

[antoniomch]

And how can I do that  "hard start"  ?

[n2gc]

You have to remeber that my unit's are modified 5315's and are different than a stock Acer

but if you want to try, pull all power from the unit. Baatery, AC power, etc. I usually

unplugged the CMOS battery if not soldered in to rest BIOS back to orig factory

specs. On some one has to short the CMOS battery out according to an Acer service

manual. After lettting the unit sit for a while, I'll plug the CMOS battery back in,

hold the power button dowm for at least a minute to drain the caps, then while

still holding the power button down, plug the AC power in and hopefully it will

fire up at least to the ACER screen, then I qucikly hit F2 to get into BIOS.

If you have recovery discs you might try those, but it sounds like a hardware

problem to me.

Good luck.