Aser Aspire 4720, Not Booting Up.

Discussion in 'Software' started by Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Nov 16, 2020.

  1. Bilal Ahmed Qureshi

    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi Private E-2

    • My old Acer Aspire 4720 stopped booting, turns on n HDD light goes off after 3-4 seconds while screen remains blank. If power button is pressed again, it shuts off.

    I created a wincrisis flash drive to flash BIOS, assuming that it could b a BIOS problem, pressing Fn+Esc doesn't load the BIOS Flash, instead power LED starts blinking as it does when computer is in sleep mode. Any help?
     
    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Nov 16, 2020
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Remove the battery.
    Unplug the adapter.
    Press the power button and hold for 30 seconds.
    Plug in the adapter.
    Turn on the laptop.

    Describe what happens.
    1. Do you ever see anything on the screen?
    2. Any lights solid or flashing? (color of each).
     
    plodr, Nov 17, 2020
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  3. Bilal Ahmed Qureshi

    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi Private E-2

    Already removed static charge several times but same result. Hdd led remains on for 3-4 sec n then turns off, power led remains on but screen stays blank.

    Tried reseating hdd, ram, cd drive etc... all in vain
     
    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Nov 17, 2020
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  4. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    It seems like the motherboard is toast.
     
    Eldon, Nov 17, 2020
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  5. Bilal Ahmed Qureshi

    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi Private E-2

    O O...
     
    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Nov 18, 2020
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  6. Bilal Ahmed Qureshi

    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi Private E-2

    Your point of view plodr???

    Can a dead CMOS battery cause this behavior? It was shtdown proply in night n in morning it wasn't booting.
     
    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Nov 18, 2020
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  7. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Not in my experience. A dead CMOS Battery will show a message on the screen something along the lines of press F1 to enter setup or F2 to continue. In either case, Windows will load. The computer won't shut down.
    You never see a thing on the screen.

    We own two Acer netbooks one from 2011, Aspire One 722 and another from 2013, Aspire V5 and I haven't had to replace a CMOS battery in either yet.
     
    plodr, Nov 18, 2020
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  8. Bilal Ahmed Qureshi

    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi Private E-2

    Many thanks dear
     
    Bilal Ahmed Qureshi, Nov 18, 2020
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  9. the mekanic

    the mekanic Major Mekanical Geek

    Have you tried booting with just one stick of RAM?
     
    the mekanic, Nov 21, 2020
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