Solved! Acer Aspire 5575G - what next?

[Cheekchops]

Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 5575G



Upon powering up the power up light turns on; the fan starts and then it switches off. The damage was caused by the charging lead being pulled out whilst the laptop was on.



I have checked the following.

- Power reset (removing battery and power lead separately and pressing power button for 1 minute)

- Charger - charging light comes on.

- Battery – is new

- RAM (swopped out one of the memory sticks hoping they both haven’t gone)

- BIOS reset by replacing battery.

Is it the motherboard next, and if so what to try first?

 

[hang-the-9]

If the charging port is on it's own daughter board you can try replacing that. That looks to be a model from 2012, it will probably be cheaper and more sure to get a working used same model and swap your drive into it.

Or upgrade to a newer system, a used one from a few years ago should not cost much more than finding the same model of buying a motherboard.

An option I like to use is the Best Buy (or any vendor you like) 0% interest payment plan, you can pick up a new system with a warranty for the cost of a few McDonalds meals a month https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-mo...emory-512gb-ssd-black/6437744.p?skuId=6437744

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo...6gb-ssd-platinum-grey/6426707.p?skuId=6426707

 

[Cheekchops]

If the charging port is on it's own daughter board you can try replacing that. That looks to be a model from 2012, it will probably be cheaper and more sure to get a working used same model and swap your drive into it.

Or upgrade to a newer system, a used one from a few years ago should not cost much more than finding the same model of buying a motherboard.

An option I like to use is the Best Buy (or any vendor you like) 0% interest payment plan, you can pick up a new system with a warranty for the cost of a few McDonalds meals a month https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-mo...emory-512gb-ssd-black/6437744.p?skuId=6437744

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo...6gb-ssd-platinum-grey/6426707.p?skuId=6426707

Thanks very much, sound advice!