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    Question Issue with laptop CPU fan

    Acer Nitro AN515-53, Windows 10, everything as up to date as possible. It had been making a very grating sound from the CPU fan that was slowly driving me out of my mind, so I just replaced that fan. It's still making a sound intermittently, but the noise stops sometimes if I pick up the back...
  2. punk12345

    Question Acer laptop keyboard does not work after resuming from Sleep mode

    Dear Friends, This is my first post to this forum. Since recently my laptop keyboard is behaving strange. The keyboard does not work after resuming from Sleep mode. It never used to do this earlier. I have the latest drivers for the keyboard. i even tried uninstalling the drivers and let...
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    Question HDD PASSWORD LOCK CONSTRUCTOR Acer Switch

    Hello, I'm sorry I don't speak English well. I have an ACER SWITCH 10E (SW3-013) tablet. Windows 10 tablet + keyboard flash disk + 1TB disk. I replaced the hard disk which works perfectly with an SSD, it works, but when I want to use the original WD BLUE HDD hard disk on another computer, it...
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    Question So many options! which do I choose for video editing and 3D modelling?

    Hi tom's guide team and all the experts here @COLGeek @rgd1101, @hang-the-9 I need some help in making the right choice and I am confused. I need an RTX 3070, Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen that has enough power for video editing and 3d modelling / rendering without lagging, found a lot of laptops but...
  5. alexandru123123

    Question Acer laptop shuts down after installing ssd (Kernel-Power critical id 41 and 142)

    Hi, my acer laptop (Aspire E5-573) shuts down after i installed the ssd. I installed windows 10 on it, and it worked fine after a few days (1-2). if i cold start the laptop it will stay 10 to 20 minutes powered on but after that it will just cut the power but if i restart it the screen time...
  6. Retr042

    Question Pin of laptops charger is getting hot

    ->It stops charging after like 10 seconds ->2 weeks ago it only happened when i use to play some game but now its everytime ->I have used my friends charger and it works perfectly fine so no issues with my port ->I tried cleaning it but i didnt think i did it properly cuz the gap is very thin
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    Question Acre laptop shut down while performing disk cloning for SSD. Now laptop won’t turn on, power light blinks blue 5 times. Battery light not on.

    I’ve been using my laptop’s hard rive and it slows my Acer Laptop’s performance. The model is Aspire 3 A315-41-R2W5, with Ruben 5 AMD graphics card. My friend was helping me clone the disk drives into a new SSD card, where the SSD being cloned as an external hard drive. The laptop was plugged...
  8. Ven.s

    Question Old Acer Aspire 7736G refurbishment

    Is it possible to refurbish my old Acer Aspire 7736G, screen 17,8" bought in 2009, which has power jack problem and ram is constantly failing? I still use it in 3D design but rum is crushing very often even with web browser. It has been serviced once a few years ago but don't remember what we...
  9. 1slavicc

    Solved! How can I use my mashita DVD-ram on my android tv installed on my PC

    I use an Acer Travelmate with Mashita DVD-ram UJ8HC built in. When I put a DVD, it recognises the DVD, but not to play with it, but as a storage device. How can I use my built in DVD player to play DVDs on my Acer Travelmate with Android TV 9 installed.?
  10. casiofx

    Question Acer nitro an515-52 gpu issue

    hello guys, i have some problem here. my laptop cant detect gpu (NVIDIA Geforce 1050) after reinstalling windows. anyone have some advice or have same problem with me???
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    Question Acer Aspire 5 Crackling, Glitched Pixels and Frozen Screen and Keyboard

    Hey, Beaux here, I would really appreciate some insight here, I don’t really need any technicians considering I’m returning it tomorrow. But my mum just recently purchased a brand new Acer Aspire 5 for me, for online school through Office Works for $1096 and not even 24 hours after getting it...
  12. TaranWolf

    Solved! Laptop keeps crashing right after start

    My acer nitro 5 (AN-517-51) got cleaned professionally 2 days ago (maybe hardware got screwed up). After that it crashed while I was starting a game. When I tried to turn it on again it did crash before windows even started. Resetting the embedded controller helped and I could use the laptop...
  13. DocPr3dator

    Question HELP !! Black horizontal lines flickering

    I have an Acer Predator Helios 500 i7-8750H NVIDIA GTX 1070 16GB RAM DDR4 1TB HDD 256 GB SSD 1080p G-sync enabled 144HZ display and i have been getting flickering horizontal black lines all across the screen wile gaming or even when idling it keeps on getting worse upto a point that the screen...
  14. S

    Solved! Acer Nitro 5 Arrow Key Hinge Removal

    I've been trying to remove the hinge of this type of key but I couldn't find any safe way to remove it. I'm trying to switch it with one of my other key hinges that I don't use because its squeaky. I tested it with one of the keys I don't use and you may see that I have already failed to remove...
  15. hillaryous

    Solved! Laptop LCD monitor doesn't work with one laptop but will work on the other laptop.

    Hello, recently my laptop monitor screen stopped working. At first I thought it was just a dead LCD monitor as the laptop works well when connected to a TV via HDMI cable. So, before buying a new LCD and replace the 'dead' one, today I decided to try swapped the 'dead' LCD with an LCD from...
  16. AstroAvocado

    Question Acer Swift 1 SF114 wont boot up, but keyboard lights up.

    So my Acer Swift 1 won't boot up, there are no sounds of fans or hard drives loading however the keyboard will light up. Here are the troubleshoots I have done with no success. Reset button on the back for 60 seconds. Power button for 60 seconds at various times. Removed battery then heled...
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    Solved! I have a Acer Nitro 5 AN545-54 and was wondering if there is anyway I can turn in into a touch screen and fold it for drawing apps? Thanks!

    I want to be able to fold in completely in half and be able to use a stylus and my fingers for drawing. This computer is still brand new and my dad isn't gonna get me another one till I go to college and that's in like 3 years. I don't know anything about this kind of stuff so it would be great...
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    Solved! Looking for price suggestions for laptop I'm selling.

    I'm trying to sell an Acer Aspire 7 A715-71G, used for a bit over a year (Edit: Should also mention the CPU up time is 203 hours), I've looked on Amazon and seen that new ones seem to be 1400$ new, and I've seen a listing for 800$ used. The laptop is in mint condition, all is working well and...
  19. aaron17_07

    Solved! ACER Aspire E14 Black Screen

    I have an old Aspire E 14 (E5-475-37MN) and recently, after a windows update my laptop’s display won’t work. After researching, I connected my laptop in an external display and it worked. I wanted to view through my laptop’s display and I did what the solutions told me to; one of which is...
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    Solved! How do I take my data from my Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51-71J2 (ssd) (no boot device)?

    Hello and thank you for allowing me to waste your precious time reading this thread, For the details I will give you, I will try to be simple and not add unnecessary information but please read everything before sending a hasty answer. Rst premium with optane is the default Sata parameter I...
  21. BreakerLol

    Question I made a horrible mistake. | Acer 5740 / Model NO. MS2286

    So, I wanted to fix the Laptop from my little Brother. He plays games on it and it randomly turned off. He stayed it was doing that like every few hours. I thought it overheated. And it was full of dust. After I cleaned it up, plugged only the board in, pressed the button and it turned on! So...
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    Solved! Does anyone had any experience upgrading BGA CPU?

    Hi, wondering if anyone here had any experience upgrading BGA CPU? I'm planning to upgrade my notebook CPU to higher frequencies. Currently, im using AMD A6-9220e clock at 1.6ghz and boost up to 2.4ghz. The higher spec i can find for this chipset is A6-9220 2.5ghz - 2.9ghz. I do my research...
  23. S

    Solved! Power on problem Acer One 10

    Hello everyone. A few days ago I tried to restart my Acer One 10 after hibernating it, but it kept remaining on the initial screen of the Acer logo. I then tried to force the shutdown and turn the computer back on, but seeing that it did not start again, I discharged the battery (pressing the...
  24. zeezeear

    Solved! Can I connect (actively use) two bluetooth devices at once? Windows OS

    I would like to use a bluetooth mouse and bluetooth headphones simultaneously. My laptop is the 2017 Acer Swift 7, with limited (2) USB(c) ports. I am aware that I may purchase a USB extender/hub, but would prefer not to have additional hardware. Thank you in advance for responding!
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    Question Sizzling/buzzing noise and cracking noise from the inside of the laptop (NOT the fans + tried many things). Please help!

    Hello! I own an Acer Aspire vn-792g, had it for over two years now. I never had any issues with it before. About four months ago, a buzzing/sizzling started to appear from inside of the laptop, approximately from under the left side of the keyboard (HERE'S AUDIO). It's definitely not the...
  26. ruslruslrusl1

    How To SOLUTION - Laptop Plugged In, Not Charging in Windows 7/8/10

    I'm seeing many posts lately about issues in Windows 7/8/10 laptop batteries showing "Plugged in not charging" and after much research and trial and error I wanted to share what finally worked for me. I had this same issue on my Acer Aspire ES1-711 laptop with "non-removable battery" running...
  27. lumos675

    Solved! a cheap method to get 144hz refresh rate with acer helios 300 2019 and acer monitor GN246HL

    i have bought an acer helios 300 1660ti 2019 version and this laptop don't have dvi port only a mini display port..so i was thinking if its possible for me to have 144hz refresh rate on my old monitor acer GN246HL which supports 144hz but unfortunately no dp support.i was searching about this...
  28. Y

    Question Built-in keyboard not working (Acer Aspire ES 15 Laptop)

    Hi everyone. I have a strange problem. My laptop's built-in keyboard is not working inside Windows. It is a software-driver problem, because I can open the settings or the boot menu (F12). I can also enter bios and text, and every key works properly. However, when Windows is booted, not a...
  29. JordanNg

    Solved! No bootable device after screwing up windows reinstall

    Here's what happened: I was trying to reinstall windows using partition. It all went well until I accidentally deleted the partition containing the windows ISO file but not my local disk C and so I panic and thinking that quitting the process would revert the process. It did not and now it is...
  30. R

    Solved! [Acer Nitro 5] Some of my keyboard buttons keep stopping working

    It's not every button, it's just like 10 probably: S, K, O, Ctrl, Backspace and some numbers They randomly freeze and dont want to work when and its so annoying when i play games where the S button is important so like its annoying all the time and it's been like this since like a month ago...
  31. firstlov

    Question Good affordable laptop that can handle sims4 with packs and cc?

    i want to get a laptop that would run sims 4 with cc and the cats & dogs pack (maybe more packs in the future) smoothly, but i dont know anything about laptops... im planning to use it for school work, youtube, and sims 4, and maybe minecraft.. Heres the issue: my budget is 600$ bc im a student...
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    Question PC won't boot after applying thermal paste

    Hello everyone, I had my laptop for more than 4 years now. A few month ago, when i was playing, sometimes there were random fps drops, like if the computer was unplugged, that lasts for a random time. I wasn't able to figure out why at this time, it wasn't a big deal. It happened more and...
  33. X

    Solved! Sager computer vs well known gaming computer brand?

    Hey all, this is my first post on here. I'm shopping for a gaming computer to play mid-high end games and need some advice. It looks like I can spend around $1,799 minimum on an Asus ROG computer with 16 gbs of DDR4 RAM, a Nvidia RTX 2060 6 gb gpu, Intel Core i7 9th generation cpu, 144 hz...
  34. J

    Solved! Acer A315-51-34V8 Storage and Memory upgrade

    I have an Acer A315-51-34V8 laptop and want to upgrade the storage and memory. It currently has a 128GB SSD I am planning to leave that there and use the upgrade bay for the secondary drive. I am not sure what would be the best way to upgrade the storage (I'm open to both SSD and HDD) given the...
  35. sm23

    Question predator hellios 300 freezes weirdly

    Hello guys..! 3 days ago, i bought a acer predator hellios 300 ph315-52 (2019 blue colour) core i5 9th gen, 1660ti 6gb ,16 gb ram , 1tb hdd, 256gb ssd. when i use wifi and leave my laptop ideal for more than 3 minutes it freezes (does not responds, screen is on everything else is just fine, it...
  36. Emma9197

    Solved! Spilled water on my laptop

    Hello i spilled water on my laptop and i took every possible actions. Removed all the water on the outer side. My laptops battery cant be removed. I was afraid to make damage to my laptop so i didnt open up the bottom. I left it dry for the night and now it wont even turn on. Please is it...
  37. J

    Solved! Will any of these laptops be able to run minecraft efficiently?

    I want a laptop for college work and minecraft so I’ve but found 2 options, but will they be able to run minecraft without lag and with good resolution so it’s clear? The acer aspire 5...
  38. C

    Question Aspire V Nitro not booting

    Hey! Having an issue with my laptop not turning on. I was playing a game when suddenly it turned completely off, black screen, no lights, no power down screen. I allowed it to rest for a few minutes but it still wouldn’t turn on. Power supply is good and was previously charging, everything...
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    Question Laptop for the sims 4: Options & Spec on a budget

    Hi all, my old laptop just gave out & I am on a tight budget for the next few months. I am a casual gamer League/The Sims. & I was wondering if you all could recommend which of these laptops within my price range would run the sims 4 the best. Ideally I'm aiming to play on ultra but if...
  40. evilhny

    Question Can I install WD Green Sata 2.5/7mm SSD on Acer Aspire E15?

    My laptop came with 500GB SATA III HDD. I want to install SSD on it. Will WD Green SATA 2.5/7mm SSD WDS240G2G0A be compatible with my laptop Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-31YC
  41. R

    Question Laptop not displaying to internal monitor

    Laptop is an Acer Aspire r3 131t-c1ew. Got new Screen for it as previous one got broken. When that wasnt working I had a bit more of a look and found that the screen cable itself had a few broken wires so assumed that to be the problem. Cable arrived today so i did the switch, but alas still no...
  42. Boxstep

    Question Acer laptop some keys not working(not ordinary)

    Hello, i will keep it short. I changed thermo paste cleaned dust put everything back like i always do. I turned computer on - fan spinning power light on but hdd led blinked once and display was off. I removed ram and hdd few times changed ram slots volia somehow everything worked again what a...
  43. K

    Question My laptop refuses to use dedicated Nvidia GPU for games

    Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 17134)(17134.rs4_release.180410-1804) System Manufacturer: Acer System Model: Aspire V3-571G Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.4GHz Memory: 16384MB RAM Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M I've...
  44. B

    Solved! Can I charge my laptop with this adapter?

    I have an SP151-51GN laptop and I would like to charge it with usb-c. I found this and this adapter. Will they charge my laptop? Can I use it to charge a phone?
  45. HolyDog

    Solved! Boot up not being displayed on Acer Aspire 5

    Whenever I turn on my laptop, the keyboard gets lit, but the boot up process does not get displayed on the screen. There's just a black screen. I never put my laptop down, so I know it's display screen is fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
  46. B

    Question Really bad Laptop performance

    I'm gonna have to go in a bit of detail here so please hang on: I have a 2 years old Acer E5-572G 525V. The laptop was quite a bang for the buck in my limited budget and actually performed better than I expected it to. Everything was good... Then around 4 months back I decided to add another 8...
  47. P

    Dell G3 or Acer Nitro 5

    I'm trying to decide on a gaming laptop, and my budget is 600$ to 700$. I have narrowed it down to two choices. The Acer Nitro 5, with a AMD Ryzen 2500U processor, 8gb of RAM, 1tb HDD, and a RX 560 4gb GPU for 619.99$ (675$ with tax), or the Dell G3579 with a Intel i5 8300H, 8gb of RAM, 1tb SSHD...
  48. K

    Solved! Does my Laptop Supports SSD?

    I have Acer ASPIRE E 15 E5-522G-84AK. I wanted to know if My Laptop Supports SSD? If Yes, then which one? SATA II, III, m.2? Also, is there any way I could simultaneously use HDD and SSD both? Thanks :D