Recent content by ferguson1951

I had some success. Your hint was not working so I did some Internet research and proceeded like this: Boot Bios > in Boot tab disable Fast Boot Option > Press F10 to save and exit > Immediately press Esc. This allowed me to boot from Hard Disk. However, the problem I have now is that after a...

Thank you. Tonight I take a rest (I live alone and have plenty to do) but I shall definitely try what you say and let you know in due course. I have a USB stick (bootable) with Win 10 in it: will that be OK?

Hello everybody. I am writing from Italy. I am an amateur: I get faulty laptops from my friend's shop and try to repair them just for the fun of it. Or at least understand where the fault lies. I now have this Asus with a problem I never had before. I switch it on, I get the Asus logo on display...

Hello. I have this notebook and the adapter plug stays blocked inside the socket. I tried spraying some electrical contact cleaner and I tried using a small screwdriver as a lever but no success. Any ideas? Thanks a lot and best regards

I have tried at least a dozen Linux distributions. Starting from Ubuntu 14.04 and going down to the lightest ones. No success. The Live Linux is held unchanged but I cannot install anything. I can access the Bios with no problem and held it on for 15 minutes but in the end it was showing some...

Hello. I have this old laptop that I repaired myself by replacing the faulty mobo with a working used one. The laptop now works, but has a problem. I cannot install an OS because halfway through the process it stalls. If I'm using a DVD, it suddenly goes off and reboots again. If I am using a...

Hello. Laptop now works. I dont know what happened. I just left it 24 hours without any kind of power supply and after that it worked. Thanks and regards

Hello, thanks for your input. I cleared CMOS and tried different RAM memories just in case but no improvement. I had this problem some time ago but forgot to note it in my book and I cannot remember how I solved it. Any new ideas?

Hello, I cannot access my OS. The blue loading bar at the bottom of the Acer screen gets stuck. I tried different ideas but nothing worked. What can be the cause? Thanks and regards

Hello everybody. Hello everybody I have this laptop that I am assembling , just for fun. I am a beginner, so please be patient. I assembled the laptop Acer Aspire 5680 fully and it was working alright. Only the touchpad/mouse was not working. So I fiddled with it, taking care not to damage the...

Thanks a lot. I am trying a different RAM: 2 Gb, only one stick. Should I add that previously, when I did get the Acer screen, I was using the same monitor. I cannot use the proper display as I do not have it yet. I am trying to make this work so that I can send it to a shop and get a compatible...

Hello. I am assembling this Acer Aspire 5680 just for the fun of it. Initially it showed the Acer screen but not the Bios. On the Acer screen there was a blue line down on the right that did not advance to the end of the line. Then I sent the motherboard back to the seller and he tested it and...