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Laptop completely dead - Help Please

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  • 26-09-2015 9:26am
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    2pack
    Registered Users Posts: 616 ✭✭✭


    hi, switched my laptop off last night, set it on its side and went to switch on laptop this morning and its completely dead, I connected the charger and although changing light comes on it still wont boot up.
    it was going perfect before this.
    Its an Acer Aspire 5742, i5 laptop.
    all advice apreciated thanks


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    c montgomery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭c montgomery


    Main board gone, my second main board went 2 weeks ago on an acer. First was 300 to replace. This time it's going in the bin


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    BailMeOut
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    try removing battery and then plug in power.


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    B00MSTICK
    Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭B00MSTICK


    Try remove the RAM and then put them in 1 stick at a time to see if its that


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    Turn it over onto it's other side for a while. Probably all the electrons are gathered on just one side and need to be redistributed.


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    quaidox
    Registered Users Posts: 399 ✭✭quaidox


    BailMeOut wrote: »
    try removing battery and then plug in power.
    seconded, have to do this with lenovo laptops in work, take battery out for a few seconds and then connect it again and laptop boots.....


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    rolliepoley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭rolliepoley


    It could of gone into sleep mode, try holding the power button for a few seconds and releasing it to see if it wakes up.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Hunting on the web, there's a lot of 5742 with boot errors. I couldn't find any solution.is it under warranty? I specialist laptop repair shop might be able to tell you if its just the power socket or the motherboard.


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    OP hasn't bothered to get back, so I guess it wasn't all that important.


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