acer 7750g wont boot anymore

[drexo]

hi there,

ive got an acer 7750g laptop that kept giving me blue screen error about the HD so i figured i would put in a new one, al went well installed new windows on it and after installation reboot the laptop wont come on anymore.

all it does is make the LED-light in the power button flash 5 times and then its dead again.

hope anyone here could help, would be very gratefull!

thanks

 

[FreedomEclipse]

take the ram out and test each module one at a time inside the laptop. If that fails switch the old hard drive back in and see what happens.

Lastly, do you remember any of the BSOD codes?

 

[drexo]

what do u mean by test the modules 1 by 1? (sorry ) and already tried with the old hard drive but same problem.

and sorry dont even know what BSOD codes are?

 

[Black.Raven]

Is it completely dead? Probably you changed boot to your dvd drive when you installed windows.

You can try to hit f12 to see if a screen comes up that lets you select what you want to boot from. if its showing up, select. HDD drive. (It can also be Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi)

BSOD codes: BlueScreenOfDeath. Its a short blue screen with an error code wich gives an indication what the problem could be.
BIOS: Basic Input Output System. Its the screen that pops up before windows. Basicly when you press Del of F2 it brings you in a system that lets you configure
how your laptop handles your hardware.

What Freedom Eclipse means that you could try to disassemble your laptop, and get out the ram modules (the think memory of a laptop).

Example:
http://www.laptopinventory.com/LaptopInventory.php/Acer/Aspire/7750G/RAM

Get one module out of the laptop, and test it. if it doesnt work, take out the second, and replace it with the module you took out first. You then know this:

Or both ram modules are not working, or both are working good, and the problem is not related to your ram modules.

Hope this helps. If you need to know anything else, just ask.

 

[Arjai]

It may not be the HD.

May be that your CPU has come unseated or, Memory dimms were unseated or dead.

This will involve removing the entire back of the computer, in a static free area, and removing and replacing lots of small screws and wires.

It is doable, even for a novice. However, find your way over to YouTube and search for your model family. I am sure you will find more than a couple of videos that will help immensely.

You should devote about two hours and work in a very organized manner, re-seat the CPU, then the memory. You will need some thermal compound, $5 or $6 of a good name brand variety. Put it all back together and then have a paper and pen handy to write down any codes that appear, if it fails again.

Google the codes, come back here and ask what they mean.

Follow the sage advice of the wonderful tech heads that wander these halls and problem over.

 

[Derek12]

A HD problem or a damaged Windows install shouldn't cause those symptoms. I believe it can be a RAM/battery/charger problem or something loose inside. Also try a Clear CMOS

 

[drexo]

Is it completely dead? Probably you changed boot to your dvd drive when you installed windows.

You can try to hit f12 to see if a screen comes up that lets you select what you want to boot from. if its showing up, select. HDD drive. (It can also be Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi)

BSOD codes: BlueScreenOfDeath. Its a short blue screen with an error code wich gives an indication what the problem could be.
BIOS: Basic Input Output System. Its the screen that pops up before windows. Basicly when you press Del of F2 it brings you in a system that lets you configure
how your laptop handles your hardware.

What Freedom Eclipse means that you could try to disassemble your laptop, and get out the ram modules (the think memory of a laptop).

Example:
http://www.laptopinventory.com/LaptopInventory.php/Acer/Aspire/7750G/RAM

Get one module out of the laptop, and test it. if it doesnt work, take out the second, and replace it with the module you took out first. You then know this:

Or both ram modules are not working, or both are working good, and the problem is not related to your ram modules.

Hope this helps. If you need to know anything else, just ask.

it wont do anything besides make my power button led light blink 5 times

and alrdy tried to clear cmos (by removing battery and drainpower)

 

[drexo]

It may not be the HD.

May be that your CPU has come unseated or, Memory dimms were unseated or dead.

This will involve removing the entire back of the computer, in a static free area, and removing and replacing lots of small screws and wires.

It is doable, even for a novice. However, find your way over to YouTube and search for your model family. I am sure you will find more than a couple of videos that will help immensely.

You should devote about two hours and work in a very organized manner, re-seat the CPU, then the memory. You will need some thermal compound, $5 or $6 of a good name brand variety. Put it all back together and then have a paper and pen handy to write down any codes that appear, if it fails again.

Google the codes, come back here and ask what they mean.

Follow the sage advice of the wonderful tech heads that wander these halls and problem over.

is it possible that my cpu got messed up then just by putting in a hard drive?

 

[Derek12]

it wont do anything besides make my power button led light blink 5 times

and alrdy tried to clear cmos (by removing battery and drainpower)

I suppose you mean the coin battery right

 

[drexo]

yea

 

[drexo]

ive tried reseating cpu, swap out ram, tried with new ram form other laptop that works

both make no different just the blinking power LED

 

[Derek12]

Did you try running it with the battery removed? Or running it on battery power/another charger?

 

[drexo]

tried wth other charger = no differents and without battery / power connected nothing happens not even the blinking led

 

[drexo]

I have just tried another charger, now when i press the power button it boots for about 2 secs and fans start running and then it just stops again, same without battery

** edit: was just luck i geuss cause now same happens with te "old" charger...

Also just disassembled te laptop again checked everything to make sure its connected as it should, still no differents... Starts up for about 2 seconds and then shuts down again.
Also no beeping sounds when turned on.

 

[Arjai]

Is it possible the CPU died? Anybody?

I am confused.

 

[drexo]

alright thanks for the help guys, not really sure what it was but its fixed anyway (and working with new HD) suddenly just turned on again after re-seating everything and switching batterys and power supply

 

[Derek12]

alright thanks for the help guys, not really sure what it was but its fixed anyway (and working with new HD) suddenly just turned on again after re-seating everything and switching batterys and power supply

Probabily some loose component/cable.

 

[drexo]

yea could be but how come it happend after putting in a new hd? no need to disconnect any cables or something for that

 

[Derek12]

I had a laptop whose RAMs almost fell out of their sockets without doing anything special, simply one day I turned it on and got no video on screen. Reseated them again and all fine. It can happen in movable devices.

 

[drexo]

lol okay, well anyway thanks for the help

bye