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I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and as soon as the warranty ran out, it packed up and wont do anything at all. I charge it overnight, push the power button and this is what happens.

- power light lights up
- can faintly hear the fan start

thats it...no screen at all...no loading lights.

ive had a friend of mine that knows a fair bit about computers look at it and he reckons the RAMs in a sealed thing, so he cant get to it to see if thats the problem.

i know SFA about the technical side of computers. just wondering if anyone has had this problem, or knows how i can fix it?

Drop it on the floor it might start working , failing that you can the try to claim it on your home contents insurance.

And don't buy Acer ever again..

Acer aren't as bad as they used to be, mind you this thread has me worried as my daughters Aspire One runs out of warranty in the next couple of days!

Wedgie wrote:Acer aren't as bad as they used to be, mind you this thread has me worried as my daughters Aspire One runs out of warranty in the next couple of days!

Good Luck!
I suspect they share the "Obsolescence Chip" technology with HP.
I've had 3 HP printers die very soon after the warranty expired, and don't touch them any more.

Psyber wrote:And don't buy Acer ever again..

I've had an Acer Aspire since 2003. Its travelled with me all over the world, generally stuffed tight in a backpack and getting a beating.

Despite the battery being useless, it still works a treat.

hackham_hawk_3 wrote:I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and as soon as the warranty ran out, it packed up and wont do anything at all. I charge it overnight, push the power button and this is what happens.

- power light lights up
- can faintly hear the fan start

Same thing happened with my laptop, a Dell, and when going through the diagnostics they indicated that the motherboard was knackered. But it then got accidentally knocked off a table a week later.

Ron Burgundy wrote:

hackham_hawk_3 wrote:I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and as soon as the warranty ran out, it packed up and wont do anything at all. I charge it overnight, push the power button and this is what happens.

- power light lights up
- can faintly hear the fan start

Same thing happened with my laptop, a Dell, and when going through the diagnostics they indicated that the motherboard was knackered. But it then got accidentally knocked off a table a week later.

So my diagnoses is correct...its f***ed!!!

Ive tried throwing it, punching it...and so on just incase somethings loose...

yep.. accidential damage clause in the insurance policy works a great... damn coffee....