Dooglas
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Discussion Starter · #1 · Feb 10, 2009
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I own an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop and it recently shocked me when i touched the touchpad. Not thinking too much of it I turned it off and went about my day. Now it won't turn on at all or respond to anything I do. When I plug in the power cord, the led on the power brick begins rapidly flashing. Any idea what's causing this? Is it a short? TIA!
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was it just a static shock?
maybe your battery shorted
maybe your battery shorted
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take out the battery. plug your cord in to see if it will turn on
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You may have damaged something with the shock. Static is one of the harshest things with the electronics in these computers. You can try taking the battery out and resetting the CMOS. May or may not work.
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When i take the battery out and plug the cord in, it still doesnt work. The light on the power brick just starts flashing again.
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Maybe the PSU [power brick?
Originally Posted by Dooglas When i take the battery out and plug the cord in, it still doesnt work. The light on the power brick just starts flashing again. |
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Dooglas
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Haha im ahead of you guys, i went to microcenter and they used a brand new power cable, the same thing happened. Could it be a motherboard short?
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Take out battery, remove main power supply cord, hold power button down for 30 secs put power supply in only do not put in battery turn on laptop now put in battery
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Hate to say this, but sounds like a mobo issue. Have you tried removing the cell battery to re-set the CMOS?
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that suck . u have warranty ???
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I told him to do that earlier, You may be able to save the comptuer by resetting the cmos. It's worth a try anyway.
Originally Posted by woodpigeon4 Hate to say this, but sounds like a mobo issue. Have you tried removing the cell battery to re-set the CMOS? |
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Discussion Starter · #12 · Feb 10, 2009
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Ive been combing through the service manual to find where the cmos battery is located and the laptop is almost completely disassembled, its nowhere to be found! Here is a link to the service manual, see if you can find it! //www.mediafire.com/?ikdodzjek5w
Is it possible for the laptop to not have a cmos battery?
Is it possible for the laptop to not have a cmos battery?
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Nope. The CMOS saves all of your settings andtime. Check under the keyboard.
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I think I might have found it? At the top of p. 67 in the manual, it talks about removing the CMOS module from the LCD cover. Can somebody look at it and tell me if im right?
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I know that mine is under one of the doors on the underside of the laptop. I have one that you can see and just pop out like a desktop and I have another that is wraped in shrink wrap and just plugs into a small socket. I'm looking at your manual right now, I will post back up when it loads.
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Page 12, #23. That is your CMOS Battery.
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OHHHHHH, that makes sense when you look closer! I'll reset it and check back in with the results. Thanks man, rep+!
Originally Posted by TDN1979 Page 12, #23. That is your CMOS Battery. |
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They didn't put that in the best spot. From what I can see you have to take the case apart just to get to it. I may be wrong as the pics are not that good. Good luck to ya.
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#19 · Feb 13, 2009
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They do that on purpose... so that people don't get in there and "mess" with things. Honestly, I don't think resetting the CMOS will work. But then again, I also doubt that a static shock to the touchpad is enough to fry the entire MB. If the CMOS thing doesn't work, you might call Acer's support line, or if you have a warranty, get it fixed... if nothing else, you'll get a new MB :-D
Originally Posted by TDN1979 They didn't put that in the best spot. From what I can see you have to take the case apart just to get to it. I may be wrong as the pics are not that good. Good luck to ya. |
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They do that on purpose... so that people don't get in there and "mess" with things. Honestly, I don't think resetting the CMOS will work. But then again, I also doubt that a static shock to the touchpad is enough to fry the entire MB. If the CMOS thing doesn't work, you might call Acer's support line, or if you have a warranty, get it fixed... if nothing else, you'll get a new MB :-D
Further since I first read thought the lack of immediate failure was unusual. I mean if a voltage/charge fried a capacitor on the MoBo it does not happen on shutdown? Or does it?
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