Aspire M3802 not starting immediately

MichaelV

Until recently my Aspire M3802 desktop started immediately when the start button was pressed. For about a week it's been taking an increasing number of minutes before the the LED turns blue; today it was over ten. What is the likely problem? If accumulated dust how can I remove it? If not dust, what can I do?

philetus

I would disconnect the computer, take off the side cover, take it outside, take a can of air, and blow it out good.My desktop wouldn't boot and I would blow it out and it would be fine.How old is your HDD? As far as 10 min. to boot, I would try reseting the bios first.Carefully take out the battery on the M/B ,or if you have jumpers use them, for 30 sec. Download Crystal 

Diskinfo http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html CrystalDiskInfo is an easy-to-use, open-source program that can quickly display the S.M.A.R.T. status reported by your hard drive in Windows. If the HDD is good it's likely to be a windows problem.

MichaelV

I bought the computer in 2009. How do I take off the side cover? How do I reset the bios?

philetus

Go into Bios and load setup defaults  

 

Disconnect computer from power.

Facing the computer, remove the two screws from the back of the left side and slide cover back and remove.