Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I feared the worst when, having shutdown cleanly last night, my
> daughter's Acer laptop (an Aspire 5735) repeatedly failed to post this
> morning.
>
> Having braced myself for an awkward discussion with their customer
> service folks (it's two months out of warranty), I was pleasantly
> surprised to find that I was getting ahead of myself when their tech
> support guy was able to fix it in under a minute.
>
> Basically, he had me remove the battery and the power supply, and then
> press the power button for 30 seconds. On restoring power it came up
> first time.
>
> Possibly it's common knowledge amongst others, but having owned several
> laptops it's the first time I have encountered an issue/fix like this,
> so I thought I'd share it in case it helps someone else.
Removing the battery from a laptop often cures things. I wonder if
pressing the power button for 30 seconds really does anything except
force you to wait 30 seconds for the charge to drain out of capacitors.
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
