My Aspire M3450 has been my,"Old Faithful" workhorse for a long time. I think it's sudden refusal to boot is due to the failure of a, "Lazy" component, ME!
After a recent power outage due to a severe weather event (an almost daily event here in Texas) it will not re-boot:
* The Power Switch lights.
* A USB drives indicates that it is receiving power (light on unit is illuminated)
* The system's HDD Activity Indicator (led) flashes for an instant (if you blink you will miss it)
Nothing further happens, no screen messages, no beeps, no indication of any activity anywhere. Every other piece of equipment in my office is functioning properly.
The, "Lazy" components are:
* I didn't program the UPS to preform an ordered shutdown during an event. When the UPS reaches it's limit it just shuts off.
* I left a non-bootable (non-system) diskette in the optical drive (DVD-Super Multi Drive).
I believe it is trying to boot from the non-system diskette. Okay, lets eject the diskette. None of the usual functions work, (press Eject Button, hold Eject Button while pressing Power Switch, etc.)
Okay time to Force Eject it. I rotated the from cover down, had my trusty Paper Clip configured and in hand and... NO EMERGENCY EJECT PINHOLE anywhere in sight.
The only information on the Optical Drive was on the box the computer was shipped in, DVD-Super Multi Drive. Somewhere in some ACER publication it says Drive Specs, Mfg part id etc can be found in the, "AVLC." What ever the heck that is.
So how can I eject the diskette without having to disassemble the computer, and even then how would you remove the diskette.
Sorry to be so long winded, but I'm a retiree. :-) Any help will be appreciated.
