Acer 5315 won't power on.

z0mg · 10-07-2009, 03:53 PM

First poster here so be gentle ;)
I got my mate acer 5315. The problem with it is that it won't power up.
To be more precise it will boot up for 3-5 seconds but the screen remain blank at all time and after that it powers off. I tried to reset cmos - didn't help. Tried 30 second trick with a power button didn't help either. Tried taking out ram - same, hdd same and so on. The hdd is working fine i hook it up to my pc and its seems fine. Is there anything else that i can try ? or the on;y thing i can do now its put on ebay as a faulty i luckly will get a few quid out of it (new boards costs £150 ... :\
Thanks in advance

Edit : Forgot to mention the fact that the green light is on when try to power it on (but only for a few seconds tho) and a red/orange light (battery charging up) is lit all the time (obviosuly if i take the battery out its gone...)

**TriggerFinger** · 10-07-2009, 05:08 PM

Hi and Welcome to TSF,

Did you try a good working ( or new) RAM?

z0mg · 10-08-2009, 03:32 AM

Yea i did, no dice bro

night_shift · 10-08-2009, 08:23 AM

Hold down Fn+Esc keys then power up the laptop, still holding down these keys. Tell me if there are any beeps and describe them. ie. 1 long and 2 short etc.

z0mg · 10-08-2009, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by night_shift

Hold down Fn+Esc keys then power up the laptop, still holding down these keys. Tell me if there are any beeps and describe them. ie. 1 long and 2 short etc.

No beeps at all. Laptop is still acting as before

night_shift · 10-09-2009, 01:44 AM

Did your mate do anything prior to this ie, new drivers, hardware changes or BIOS tinkering?

z0mg · 10-09-2009, 02:48 AM

Well it actually my mate laptop and he saying that he dropped his laptop from the desk :o]
So it's probably faulty mobo then

night_shift · 10-09-2009, 04:12 AM

Give the lappy a good look over to see if anything has come loose. Then recover all his data and try a recovery back to factory settings. If that dont work then............ Are you confident enough to open it up?

With a little bit of care and good strip down and rebuild methology its quite easy.

As you disassemble it look for anything that has come loose, connectors,wires etc. Once you have the motherboard out check the board for cracks and anything that looks like its broken or hanging off. Theres a link here that may help you.

http://www.cyfinity.com/2008/07/acer...board-removal/

z0mg · 10-10-2009, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by night_shift

Give the lappy a good look over to see if anything has come loose. Then recover all his data and try a recovery back to factory settings. If that dont work then............ Are you confident enough to open it up?

With a little bit of care and good strip down and rebuild methology its quite easy.

As you disassemble it look for anything that has come loose, connectors,wires etc. Once you have the motherboard out check the board for cracks and anything that looks like its broken or hanging off. Theres a link here that may help you.

http://www.cyfinity.com/2008/07/acer...board-removal/

Cool, will do bro, thx

10-07-2009, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
z0mg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 OS: Vista / 7	Acer 5315 won't power on. First poster here so be gentle ;) I got my mate acer 5315. The problem with it is that it won't power up. To be more precise it will boot up for 3-5 seconds but the screen remain blank at all time and after that it powers off. I tried to reset cmos - didn't help. Tried 30 second trick with a power button didn't help either. Tried taking out ram - same, hdd same and so on. The hdd is working fine i hook it up to my pc and its seems fine. Is there anything else that i can try ? or the on;y thing i can do now its put on ebay as a faulty i luckly will get a few quid out of it (new boards costs £150 ... :\ Thanks in advance Edit : Forgot to mention the fact that the green light is on when try to power it on (but only for a few seconds tho) and a red/orange light (battery charging up) is lit all the time (obviosuly if i take the battery out its gone...) Last edited by z0mg; 10-07-2009 at 03:55 PM.

10-07-2009, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Acer 5315 won't power on. Hi and Welcome to TSF, Did you try a good working ( or new) RAM? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

10-08-2009, 03:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
z0mg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 OS: Vista / 7	Re: Acer 5315 won't power on. Yea i did, no dice bro

10-08-2009, 08:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
night_shift Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 262 OS: Vista, XP Pro, Ubuntu	Re: Acer 5315 won't power on. Hold down Fn+Esc keys then power up the laptop, still holding down these keys. Tell me if there are any beeps and describe them. ie. 1 long and 2 short etc.

10-09-2009, 01:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
night_shift Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 262 OS: Vista, XP Pro, Ubuntu	Re: Acer 5315 won't power on. Did your mate do anything prior to this ie, new drivers, hardware changes or BIOS tinkering?

10-09-2009, 02:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
z0mg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 OS: Vista / 7	Re: Acer 5315 won't power on. Well it actually my mate laptop and he saying that he dropped his laptop from the desk :o] So it's probably faulty mobo then

10-09-2009, 04:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
night_shift Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 262 OS: Vista, XP Pro, Ubuntu	Re: Acer 5315 won't power on. Give the lappy a good look over to see if anything has come loose. Then recover all his data and try a recovery back to factory settings. If that dont work then............ Are you confident enough to open it up? With a little bit of care and good strip down and rebuild methology its quite easy. As you disassemble it look for anything that has come loose, connectors,wires etc. Once you have the motherboard out check the board for cracks and anything that looks like its broken or hanging off. Theres a link here that may help you. http://www.cyfinity.com/2008/07/acer...board-removal/