SidecarBob

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  • I've been working on this all afternoon. I downloaded the Master Installer and ran it. Twice. And there is still no difference.At least I know the BIOS and drivers are up to date. After that I uninstalled all of the Acer bloatware. Now I can lift the tablet off the dock and put it back normally and it recognizes the…
    in SW3-013 won't boot when docked. Comment by SidecarBob January 2022
  • It is 32 bit Win10 Home 20H2. Looking at Acer's support page https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/5931?b=1 I'm wondering if the Master Installer would be best.
    in SW3-013 won't boot when docked. Comment by SidecarBob January 2022
  • As I said, I sprayed the area with contact cleaner and scrubbed it with a toothbrush. There isn't even a speck of dust between the tablet and the dock anywhere.I still think this is a driver issue but Acer's site no longer has the drivers for this machine. Do you know anywhere that I can get them? I did figure out that the…
    in SW3-013 won't boot when docked. Comment by SidecarBob January 2022
  • I tried resetting Windows and now the tape over the contacts trick isn't working. And now when I sit the tablet on the dock (right end first, then lower the left slowly) this message appears in notifications. Sometimes once, sometimes as many as 17 times "Please eject the device using the Safely Remove Hardware function in…
    in SW3-013 won't boot when docked. Comment by SidecarBob January 2022
  • I used contact cleaner and a toothbrush to clean the contacts. They are gleaming. I've been thinking about the video I learned about connecting the right side first from (below). He mentions getting his to work by covering the leftmost pin with tape to prevent it from making contact. After a bit of experimentation it seems…
    in SW3-013 won't boot when docked. Comment by SidecarBob January 2022
  • I said this in post #1: It boots normally without the dock. If I then just sit it onto the dock nothing happens. If I sit the right end onto the dock and then slowly lower the left end so that the contacts touch one at a time it usually works. Yes, it is one of the ones with a HDD in the dock but I unplugged the drive…
    in SW3-013 won't boot when docked. Comment by SidecarBob January 2022
  • I've used the same brand for over 20 years and it has never harmed any plastic. Like I said, I learned that lesson the hard way.
    in D250 screen not lighting Comment by SidecarBob February 2020
  • Knowing him I wouldn't be surprised if it was live while he was poking around in there. He repaired people's computers among other things (a lot of his income came from replacing phone and laptop screens the last couple of years) so he may have been trying to learn how to fix someone else's laptop at the time. As I said, I…
    in D250 screen not lighting Comment by SidecarBob February 2020
  • When I found it unresponsive I did press the power button and hold it. Several times. Nothing happened. Someone suggested I check the main board battery; It was dead so I installed a better one. Now when I plug it in nothing happens until I push the power button but there are still no beeps and the only lights are the…
    in M1200 stopped responding, now won't start Comment by SidecarBob December 2019
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