I've
had this laptop for years now and it pulled me through high school. I
know its time for an upgrade and I'm saving up for it.
I usually don't use this laptop and let it sit (it's well taken care of and works like new).
Of
to its weirdness. So I decided to use the laptop for a bit before I
changed the thermal paste. I pressed the power button and nothing
happend. Plugged in the charger and still nothing. The charge lights
worked fine and the always on USB port worked fine as well. Maybe it was
the CMOS so I changed the battery altogether. Yes I let the motherboard
sit for a few hours before reinstalling the battery. Screwed everything
up and plugged in the power and immediately the laptop turned on except
it was a black screen with no hard drive activity but the power light
was on. Tried to force shut down by pressing the power button but no
response (I cannot shut down the laptop unless I remove the charger and
the battery)
Maybe if I let it sit
while it's on then something would happen? Nope, nothing except it got
very hot because the fans don't spin (yes I plugged in the fan and yes
it does spin a bit when I plug in the power. the laptop still turns on
as soon as I plug in the charger) I let it sit without the battery or
charger (CMOS battery in place) over night but still a black screen with
a power light.
Tried the fn+esc and plugged in the power with a bios in my USB and no activity light on the USB.
The
last thing I used on the laptop was a light photoshop edit and then it
got a proper shutdown and was tucked away maybe 3 weeks ago.
Any help would be appreciated and I will bug the Acer forums later.
Laptop is running windows 8.1 and its updated (I like 8.1) with all the latest drivers installed.
Also when i say the laptop turns on when i plug in the charger is exactly what it means. i dont have to press the power button and it seems as if the power button doesnt respond yet the light on the button is on. when i press the button when the battery is plugged in, nothing happens.
