Dead Aspire 5740g dead ?

Maybe not. I had  a problem with one of my 5315's that acted like this and had to

go through what some might call a "hard start" but got it to go. The biggest problem

is overheating on Acer's seems like. They can be very sensitive to overheating and

steps hav to be taken to insure they run as cool as they can or under each unit's

req's.

Good thing is, if no one can help you here, you have a deicated owner's forum for

the 5740g here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/468091-acer-aspire-5740g-owners-lounge.html

You have to remeber that my unit's are modified 5315's and are different than a stock Acer

but if you want to try, pull all power from the unit. Baatery, AC power, etc. I usually

unplugged the CMOS battery if not soldered in to rest BIOS back to orig factory

specs. On some one has to short the CMOS battery out according to an Acer service

manual. After lettting the unit sit for a while, I'll plug the CMOS battery back in,

hold the power button dowm for at least a minute to drain the caps, then while

still holding the power button down, plug the AC power in and hopefully it will

fire up at least to the ACER screen, then I qucikly hit F2 to get into BIOS.

If you have recovery discs you might try those, but it sounds like a hardware

problem to me.

Good luck.