keith111 Troubleshooter

 Intermittent problem beyond HDD connection into MB.

Hi jahmaican, Control Panel--> Power Options --> Change Plan Settings --> Change advanced power settings Select the power plan you want to customize, and choose settings.

Hi badgirl, around the mouth edge of the CD player you will see a small pin-hole. It is there so that you can push a paperclip into the hole and push on the button there a few times. It will manually open the player. From there one can look for a jammed disc or other cause of problem.

The recovery infrastructure involves auto partitioning at it's core, and upgrade functionality improvements may be now in place. Let's start over with the Recovery intstructions. Ubuntu may automatically recognize the partition requirements without the old procedures you followed previously.

Since this is your first 8.1 as you have already transcribed, let's start over with the Recovery intstructions with the knowledge you have gained from this incident. Ubuntu may automatically recognize the partition requirements without the old procedures you followed previously.

Use Recovery procedures to original factory conditions, then follow IronFly's instructions below on "can be an issue with EFI".

I do not see your windows SYSTEM RESERVED partition. (File system: NTFS)

Follow the link below and enter your model #. Thank you.

What are the sizes of the three partitions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6p4cBjaKxs&feature=youtu.be

That unit has a thermo module that is replaceable. There are five screws that must come of in sequence, and some messy thermo-paste that got to go on so-so. Don't get it all over. Instructions likely online. Hopefully with the replacement module. Your call. Maybe that fan has been stressed out as well.

AOD270 Bios availble at Acer: http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers But the symptoms you describe could be: --bad or blocked fan, fan temp fuse, --Bad MBoard, --other 

Here is the Synaptics website: http://www.synaptics.com/en/drivers.php

I'm going to download that, but not do anything with it for now. I'll get back to you on it's functionality.

Synaptic site: http://www.synaptics.com/en/drivers.php

Try to locate start/programs. Do you remember the program name?

Go to Control Panel --> Programs and Features and find Synaptic in the list. See if there is a conflict. Repair or reinstall.

Here is some lost password information: http://community.acer.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/Understanding-Passwords-and-how-Acer-can-help-when-you-r...

Go to Control Panel --> Power Options and Select a Balanced or High Performance power plan.

Click the speaker icon by the clock. Go to the Realtek properties and assure driver install.