Acer Aspire A515 51G stuck on Acer logo after motherboard replacement
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>>>I tried to repair Win10 >>>I remember trying to boot into safe mode before resetting anything and I still blue screened, but i dont remember the stop code, i believe its safe to assume that it was still inaccessible boot device. >>>Yes. That's exactly why I don't think repair will work in this case. The irst mode & optane card has complicated or otherwise made a mess of booting from the HDD. You need to remove the optane card, set the BIOS to AHCI mode and only then completely re-install Windows from the USB stick. If you have any personal data on the HDD that you want to try to save, you should attach it to another PCs USB port with a 2.5" USB-to-HDD adapter (less than $10) and copy these personal files off before doing this.
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ballesterosj said:I recently got my damaged motherboard replaced with another motherboard from another Acer Aspire A515 51G. I looked on other forums and other Acer Community submissions, but none of them seem to have worked. Resetting BIOS, running diagnostics, attempting to boot into safe mode has not worked. Before this happened I managed to boot twice, but after being prompted to restart the laptop, this problem has started occuring.
Get the USB windows installation USB and boot from that and choose “Troubleshoot” then take your laptop back to a previous restore point
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>>>Before this happened I managed to boot twice>>>Have you added a replaceable memory module? If yes, remove it and see if it boots on the soldered RAM alone.
Jack E/NJ
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StevenGen said:
Get the USB windows installation USB and boot from that and choose “Troubleshoot” then take your laptop back to a previous restore point
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JackE said:>>>Before this happened I managed to boot twice>>>Have you added a replaceable memory module? If yes, remove it and see if it boots on the soldered RAM alone.0
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ballesterosj said:I tried to take it back to a restore point, but it took a couple of hours before I shut it down as it was taking too long. I might be impatient but I'm sure it was frozen.
You have to wait until that restore process finishes, it may take a long time as the OS needs to reset and repair which unfortunately and with windows can take a long time. Be patient and let us know if it works? Also and if you can get into the BIOS first? Go to “Exit” and then choose “Load Setup Default” and then exit and reboot before attempting the restore procedure from the windows installation USB.
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StevenGen said:
You have to wait until that restore process finishes, it may take a long time as the OS needs to reset and repair which unfortunately and with windows can take a long time. Be patient and let us know if it works? Also and if you can get into the BIOS first? Go to “Exit” and then choose “Load Setup Default” and then exit and reboot before attempting the restore procedure from the windows installation USB.
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>>>I recently got my damaged motherboard replaced with another motherboard from another Acer Aspire A515 51G. >>>Did both of the motherboards and their HDDs originally have the same ACER factory-installed operating system? Did you try to change the ACER factory-installed operating system on the existing HDD?
Jack E/NJ
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JackE said:>>>I recently got my damaged motherboard replaced with another motherboard from another Acer Aspire A515 51G. >>>Did both of the motherboards and their HDDs originally have the same ACER factory-installed operating system? Did you try to change the ACER factory-installed operating system on the existing HDD?0
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ballesterosj said:Yes they did. I tried the other hdd instead and the booted up instantly which makes sense considering that hdd came with the replaced motherboard. I will test my hdd (the one that isn't booting) on my old motherboard to see if there are any problems with it.0
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Better post a phone photo of the BIOS Information tab if possible. Also, open the elevated command prompt. Enter 'diskpart;. At the diskpart prompt, enter 'list volume'. Post a screen shot of the result if possible
Jack E/NJ
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JackE said:Better post a phone photo of the BIOS Information tab if possible. Also, open the elevated command prompt. Enter 'diskpart;. At the diskpart prompt, enter 'list volume'. Post a screen shot of the result if possible
Sorry for the late reply, I also forgot to mention that I have 20gb m.2 intel optane memory installed as well. Changing the SATA mode to RST would result in the hard drive not being detected as a boot device.//Edited the content to hide serial.no information. 0 -
Sorry for the late reply, I also forgot to mention that I have 20gb m.2 intel optane memory installed as well. Changing the SATA mode to RST would result in the hard drive not being detected as a boot device.//Edited the content to hide serial.no information. 0 -
At the diskpart prompt, enter 'list disk'. Post screenshot of result.
Jack E/NJ
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Does the same problem occur when disconnecting the optane memory? What happens when you press alt+f10 before the acer logo?Oi! Eu não sou sou a cortana! Mas estou aqui para ajudar! Hi! I'm not the cortana! But I'm here to help!
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>>> Changing the SATA mode to RST would result in the hard drive not being detected as a boot device. >>>Yes, the optane isn't being used if this is true. Get rid of optane. It only confuses things. It was not one of Intel's better ideas.
Jack E/NJ
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JackE said:At the diskpart prompt, enter 'list disk'. Post screenshot of result.
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egydiocoelho said:Does the same problem occur when disconnecting the optane memory? What happens when you press alt+f10 before the acer logo?0
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Is the diskpart 'list disk' result also with optane removed?
Jack E/NJ
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JackE said:Is the diskpart 'list disk' result also with optane removed?0
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>>>When i press alt+f10 before the acer logo i get taken to the recovery settings. >>>If you can get to the recovery screen with the optane card removed as egydiocoelho suggested AND BIOS in AHCI mode, I think you should try to reset the system from the recovery screen.
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