Aspire A3 Showing No Signs of Booting: Blue Light On for 5-6 Seconds, Then Off.

My 4-month-old Acer Aspire A3 (16-59-63DC) laptop shows no signs of booting when I press the power button, such as fan noise. Only the blue light comes on for 5 seconds, then goes off. I've tried some fixes, but nothing seems to work. I've attempted:

Removing the internal battery and troubleshooting for battery and charger issues by draining residual power and testing these components.
Resetting the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery and plugging it back in.
Pressing and holding the battery reset pin.

I don't currently have a warranty and would like to exhaust all possible solutions before seeking assistance from a technician. Are there any other methods I can try to resolve this issue? Thank you.

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Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/704825/aspire-a3-showing-no-signs-of-booting-blue-light-on-for-5-6-seconds-then-off

Aspire 3 A315-59? Disconnect the battery again and remove the CMOS coin battery but this time shorten the terminals (battery contacts) inside the CMOS module with a bended paperclip or short metal wire, that will reset BIOS. Also check the 2 RAM modules, unseat and firmly secure back in the 2 slots.

Axxo

Unplug the charger. Re-do the pinhole reset for 60 seconds this time. Plug charger back in but wait until the battery charge LED turns on to steady orange then to steady blue before trying to turn the machine on
again. It may take up to eight hours before the battery LED turns steady blue.

Dimitri1893

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1272728#Comment_1272728

I'll give that a try. I forgot to mention something that happened right before this issue arose. When I booted up my laptop, everything froze—keyboard, mouse pad, and USB ports. I force shut down my laptop, and when I tried turning it on again, this issue occurred. Thought it was worth mentioning in case it indicates a different fix method.

Dimitri1893

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1272728#Comment_1272728

I tried all of that twice but it still has the same issue. The laptop is only a few months old, I'm not sure what's going on. Is there any other solution?

Dimitri1893

I tried that as well but still no luck

Commodore_1995#

Hello! Try all devices like battery, hd, ssd, wlan and everything that is possible to disconnect. Then, connect each device individually and try to turn on the computer.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1274273#Comment_1274273

Try to boot to BIOS with F2 and reset BIOS with F9, save changes on exit. If you can't boot to BIOS anymore, I recommend bringing the laptop to Acer Services in your country.

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