any ACER techies? No boot, flashing led - apire 2930

[spants]

Guys

This laptop has a fault - wont power up, fan spins for 0.5 sec, no post beep (is there one?).
I am a tech person with the service/disassembly guide for the machine - I have stripped laptop and found a screw rolling around inside which has obviously caused a problem. (The screw seems to be an extra present from acer as there none missing!).

When it boots, there is a diagnostic led near the power button that flashes a pattern (long/short/medium) but I dont know how to read the sequence and I do not have a list of them. I have searched google etc.

I wouldnt mind if it had a hard life. This laptop is 1.5 years old (out of warranty) and has been used less than 6 times in total and is owned by a charity.

Can anyone help me with the diagnosis?

TIA
Tony

[sunbeam_alpine]

Check your guarantee again. AFAIK Acer gives 2 years guarantee as standard.

[The_Jackal]

Try booting off a Linux or MiniXP CD and copying important files off.
Then see if you can reinstall Windows booting from the Windows disk.

Sounds like a similar thing that happened to my acer, it was as though the disk/laptop was dead. It seems it was some kind of virus that I couldnt find any trace of. A bit like a good old fashioned virus that affects the mobo and booting from the hard drive. These days it all seems to be malaware.

[spants]

Thanks for replies

the warranty card says 1 year

definately hardware problem, won't get near booting or bios setup. Changed ram etc. The flashing led gives error code but what does it mean? Btw, screen is dead

cheers
tony

Tony

[y2blade]

PM Rebuilda

sorry I can't help, but he might be able to