Recent content by Billwirz

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    Acer Aspire 7551 Black Screen

    IT WORKS! All I had to do was what someone suggested in another thread, that is to take out the BIOS battery and short the two connections there, which resets the BIOS to factory default. I then downloaded and installed the BIOS update as you said, Phoenix117.
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    Acer Aspire 7551 Black Screen

    Phoenix117, thanks for your reply! How did you install the BIOS updates? I have no idea how to do that on an apparently dead computer.
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    Acer Aspire 7551 Black Screen

    Hi, My Acer Aspire 7551 was working fine today. I shut the lid, which hibernates it, and then a few hours later tried to power it on. The lights indicating that the battery is charging come on. The cpu fan makes noise and I'm quite sure I can hear hard drive noises. However, the screen will...