Laptop Problem

[BK_123]

Hi guys, I have an Acer Aspire 4820 laptop. A while ago it stopped working and I have gone to turn it on and there is a black screen after it gives you the option to go into the bios. It won't show the windows 7 loading screen. I've checked in the boot order in the bios to make sure the hard drive is set to boot first and it is.

Specs are:

Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
4GB DDR3 Ram
500GB HDD
Intel Core i3-350M CPU @ 2.26GHz
Intel HD Graphics

 

[lhamil64]

Hi guys, I have an Acer Aspire 4820 laptop. A while ago it stopped working and I have gone to turn it on and there is a black screen after it gives you the option to go into the bios. It won't show the windows 7 loading screen. I've checked in the boot order in the bios to make sure the hard drive is set to boot first and it is.

Specs are:

Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
4GB DDR3 Ram
500GB HDD
Intel Core i3-350M CPU @ 2.26GHz
Intel HD Graphics

Have you tried booting from a Linux CD and checking if your hard drive is still accessible?

 

[iPwn]

Have you tried booting from a Linux CD and checking if your hard drive is still accessible?

I didn't think those had CD drives?

If not, you can use UNetBootIn to create a bootable USB drive from a Linux distro.

 

[BK_123]

I didn't think those had CD drives?

If not, you can use UNetBootIn to create a bootable USB drive from a Linux distro.

I have an ISO of Ubuntu 12.04 so I'll give it a try with that and report back.

 

[Venus1]

Have you tried booting from a Linux CD and checking if your hard drive is still accessible?

I doubt this would be an issue since it would just report no boot files found; plus you can tell by checking the activity light anyway.

I'd check the RAM, as if there's a fault with that then you normally just get a blank screen like you describe. Try swapping your ram around, taking out out etc...

 

[Moren0]

Had the same problem on a desktop all I did was remove the ram and reinstalled it and it worked.

 

[BK_123]

Had the same problem on a desktop all I did was remove the ram and reinstalled it and it worked.

So I took one stick of ram out at a time and a message appeared

A disk read error has occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt=Del to restart

, So my hard drive is failing. As this laptop is a rental and we have 2-3 months until we own it, I'll take it in and have it sent off to be repaired.

 

[setishock]

If it was new in the box they'll most likely RMA it. If used when you got it ask for a new one still in the box. Since you're renting to own and paying 2 to 3 times what it's really worth, make em jump through a few hoops for you.

 

[BK_123]

If it was new in the box they'll most likely RMA it. If used when you got it ask for a new one still in the box. Since you're renting to own and paying 2 to 3 times what it's really worth, make em jump through a few hoops for you.

We've had it for the last 2-3 years and its 2nd or 3rd we've had to take it back. I doubt that they'd give a new one as I don't think they offer that model anymore..

 

[setishock]

You been paying for that for 3 years?
Out of production. Amazon has it though > Amazon.com: Buying Choices: Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820T-5570 14-Inch HD Display Laptop (Black Brushed Aluminum)
I really hope you can get it fixed.