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Techie19 · 02-18-2008, 08:23 PM

Hey there guys. Im having major problems with my cousin's laptop. He purchased it from some guy around his job for like $200 bucks (too good to be true). And turning it on for the first time he noticed he got scammed. The issue that he is having I just can't figure out. I'll explain the problem.........

The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5003WLMi with 512MB or RAM (256MB x 2), 100GB seagate hard drive, dvd burner, windows xp home.

Ok, the problem is the following: when you plug in the ac adapter the computer turns on automatically (without pressing the on/off button). After powering on, the hard drive light blinks twice only, and then doesnt blink again (but i do hear the hard drive spinning). Then in front of the laptop, the light that indicates that the laptop is ON blinks continuously with about 1 second in between each blink.

Now, while all this is happening, there is absolutely no display on the screen. No BIOS bootup screen, Acer logo, NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!

Im very confused, as I have never come accross this problem again.

I dont know whether the following info helps, but here it is. I removed the hard drive from the laptop in question and inserted it on another laptop to test the hard drive (being that i was curious why the hard drive activity light only blinked twice). It turns out that on the other laptop it boots up fine, except for the part where it requests a password for the hard drive. It seems like who ever owned the laptop before my cousin put a password on the hard drive and I have no clue on how to get around it.

I included the above info because I don't know if it helps in determining what the issue is as far as it not even showing a display on the Acer.

Another thing i noticed is that, even if the hard drive was bad lets say, the Acer should still boot up at least to the BIOS, and its not even doing that.

Could it be the Motherboard? Im really confused; I would like to help out my cousin being that he got scammed, i feel bad. If anybody ahs any info regarding the issue explained above, I would greatly appreciate any feedback.

THANK YOU!

02-18-2008, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Techie19 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 283 OS: XP Media Center SP3 My System	Laptop powers on, but no display...Please HELP Hey there guys. Im having major problems with my cousin's laptop. He purchased it from some guy around his job for like $200 bucks (too good to be true). And turning it on for the first time he noticed he got scammed. The issue that he is having I just can't figure out. I'll explain the problem......... The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5003WLMi with 512MB or RAM (256MB x 2), 100GB seagate hard drive, dvd burner, windows xp home. Ok, the problem is the following: when you plug in the ac adapter the computer turns on automatically (without pressing the on/off button). After powering on, the hard drive light blinks twice only, and then doesnt blink again (but i do hear the hard drive spinning). Then in front of the laptop, the light that indicates that the laptop is ON blinks continuously with about 1 second in between each blink. Now, while all this is happening, there is absolutely no display on the screen. No BIOS bootup screen, Acer logo, NOTHING!!!!!!!!!! Im very confused, as I have never come accross this problem again. I dont know whether the following info helps, but here it is. I removed the hard drive from the laptop in question and inserted it on another laptop to test the hard drive (being that i was curious why the hard drive activity light only blinked twice). It turns out that on the other laptop it boots up fine, except for the part where it requests a password for the hard drive. It seems like who ever owned the laptop before my cousin put a password on the hard drive and I have no clue on how to get around it. I included the above info because I don't know if it helps in determining what the issue is as far as it not even showing a display on the Acer. Another thing i noticed is that, even if the hard drive was bad lets say, the Acer should still boot up at least to the BIOS, and its not even doing that. Could it be the Motherboard? Im really confused; I would like to help out my cousin being that he got scammed, i feel bad. If anybody ahs any info regarding the issue explained above, I would greatly appreciate any feedback. THANK YOU!