Aspire d255e notebook damaged by sun, does not boot

[kanepour88]

Hello,

I accidentally left my Acer Aspire One D255e in the hot summer sun. It has hardly been used, and now it can no longer boot properly. I watched a tutorial about how to disassemble, which seems simple enough..but I was wondering if there might be any wisdom out there that would help me identify problems. When I try to boot, it goes to a screen that says "Check cable connection! - No bootable device". Meanwhile, the netbook itself is making a repetitive clicking noise, which seems to be coming from the HDD. I haven't tried disassembling yet, but will do so to identify burnt or melted parts.

Please help! thanks

 

[jimpz]

The error & 'clicking' sound tend to indicate the hard drive is dying/dead and needs to be replaced & reloaded to work.

 

[supasieu]

I would diag the hdd. Using SeaTools to run a long test, burn it to a CD and boot from it.
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-dos-master/

 

[kanepour88]

@ supasieu This Aspire model lacks a disc drive. Any other diagnosis' that don't involve using CDs?

 

[jarotech]

@ supasieu This Aspire model lacks a disc drive. Any other diagnosis' that don't involve using CDs?

Yes, a USB key.

 

[supasieu]

You can burn the .iso image to usb and boot from it.