Acer Aspire desktop will not go to start page

Kinsville · 01-12-2008, 12:04 PM

Something odd happened to my 12 month old desktop. I shut it down, unplugged from the mains, moved the office around, plugged it back in and....nothing. Well, not totally true. We go to the lovely green acer sign and two choices; Del: Enter Setup or F12: Boot Menu. And neither option works. I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything wrong here so, is there something seriously wrong with my desktop?

Any advice, suggestions or helpful hints welcome.

lag · 01-12-2008, 08:24 PM

Sounds like you have a problem with the bios. Give acer a call or check in ur manual for how to flash the bios and it should work. If it doesn't id say move the tower up onto the desk so you can make use of your glorious new paperweight =/
if anyone says anything that contradicts me their probably right :P
~lag

Kinsville · 01-12-2008, 09:24 PM

Thanks Lag! Not very keen on the paperweight option, to be honest, so will give that a go and let you know how I get on.

Kinsville · 01-18-2008, 10:47 PM

Hey Lag, guess what? Had severe storms a couple of nights ago in Dubai and the power shorted out in the house. When we reset the trip switches imagine my surprise when the old Acer starts up and heads straight to the start page. So there it is, if your desktop gets stuck, wave a metal pole around while standing on your roof in the middle of a storm. I'm sure the helpdesk would have told me the same! (Only kidding! Please don't do this! If you have an IBM, it just won't work!)

01-12-2008, 12:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kinsville Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Acer Aspire desktop will not go to start page Something odd happened to my 12 month old desktop. I shut it down, unplugged from the mains, moved the office around, plugged it back in and....nothing. Well, not totally true. We go to the lovely green acer sign and two choices; Del: Enter Setup or F12: Boot Menu. And neither option works. I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything wrong here so, is there something seriously wrong with my desktop? Any advice, suggestions or helpful hints welcome.

01-12-2008, 08:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
lag Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7 OS: xp pro sp2 + vista basic + dead install of sabayon linux 3.4fx64	Re: Acer Aspire desktop will not go to start page Sounds like you have a problem with the bios. Give acer a call or check in ur manual for how to flash the bios and it should work. If it doesn't id say move the tower up onto the desk so you can make use of your glorious new paperweight =/ if anyone says anything that contradicts me their probably right :P ~lag

01-12-2008, 09:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kinsville Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Acer Aspire desktop will not go to start page Thanks Lag! Not very keen on the paperweight option, to be honest, so will give that a go and let you know how I get on.

01-18-2008, 10:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kinsville Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Acer Aspire desktop will not go to start page Hey Lag, guess what? Had severe storms a couple of nights ago in Dubai and the power shorted out in the house. When we reset the trip switches imagine my surprise when the old Acer starts up and heads straight to the start page. So there it is, if your desktop gets stuck, wave a metal pole around while standing on your roof in the middle of a storm. I'm sure the helpdesk would have told me the same! (Only kidding! Please don't do this! If you have an IBM, it just won't work!)