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Recent content by Peter Firth

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    Solved no boot???

    hi guys.. good news... having earlier noticed Jmarkets comments on having the ram tested i did exactly that.As it was the only thing i hadnt really touched i thought why not.Well the ram was well and truly buggered... obtained new ram,rebuilt laptop and booted up and everything was there ...
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    Solved no boot???

    Hi ... no noise or beeps at all when removing either ram ,CPU or HDD... the only sound is the fan operating and power & battery lights illuminated.....ty guys
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    Solved no boot???

    Hi again.. on the screen question yeh i did toggle fn+f5 to try get the screen working... as for the MB & CPU they came together complete with fan etc and was 100% tried and tested... and Rustys.. the CPU looked ok to me and yeh the thermal paste i put on was pretty much ok to me(not to much...
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    Solved no boot???

    Hi Dougie.... yeh tried hooking up to another monitor ... was one of the first things i tried .. no joy there mate..
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    Solved no boot???

    well i managed to obtain another CPU,reassembled the laptop yet again and.... nothing!!!.... still the same... power and battery lights on.. HDD light flashes once.. can hear the fan operating.. and a black screen... really dont know what it an be now... got me flummoxed...help!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Solved no boot???

    hi again... the CPU you reckon..... welll its about the only thing i haven't touched or changed.... will try to locate one and see what happens.... ty for your comments and suggestions.... will post again to let you know what happens... regards and ty... Peter
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    Solved no boot???

    Hi and ty... sorry not reinstalling bios but udating.... downloaded from acer support page onto flashdrive... into usb port,held down fn,esc and start button altogether etc.. but no joy... and yeh np bout the return of HDD... no nothing on screen and no beep either...regards...
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    Solved no boot???

    Hi eveyone,hope someone can help me out here... Ive got an Acer E1-571 laptop running win10 ... every thing was ok tiill las t week..powered down one night... next day came to power up and all i got was power light on,battery light on and the HDD flashed once and the fan was working there in...