Hi everyone!
I have an Acer 8920G which I use sparsely, for internet, movies and some text processing. No gaming, no shocks (it never leaves my desk).
I recently tried to install a copy of Microsoft Office 2016 from the torrents (I know, I know, but I needed it for work and I live in a poor country...) and all of a sudden the laptop died. Now it turns on - the blue lights come on, the HDD makes a noise, the DVD turns - but all I get is a black/dark green screen. It flickers once every 3-4 mins, but that is all. Also, the HDD light comes on when the laptop starts, but then it vanishes.
I tried everything - powered it on/off with/without battery, took out and cleaned the RAMs, checked the HDD in another laptop where it works just fine. Could not flash the bios, it does not do anything at all, it just sits there and nothing happens.
I could not use the "crisis disk" either, as the laptop again does nothing, although the DVD seems to be turning.
Any ideas? What else could I do to save it? Thanks in advance for any advice!
I have an Acer 8920G which I use sparsely, for internet, movies and some text processing. No gaming, no shocks (it never leaves my desk).
I recently tried to install a copy of Microsoft Office 2016 from the torrents (I know, I know, but I needed it for work and I live in a poor country...) and all of a sudden the laptop died. Now it turns on - the blue lights come on, the HDD makes a noise, the DVD turns - but all I get is a black/dark green screen. It flickers once every 3-4 mins, but that is all. Also, the HDD light comes on when the laptop starts, but then it vanishes.
I tried everything - powered it on/off with/without battery, took out and cleaned the RAMs, checked the HDD in another laptop where it works just fine. Could not flash the bios, it does not do anything at all, it just sits there and nothing happens.
I could not use the "crisis disk" either, as the laptop again does nothing, although the DVD seems to be turning.
Any ideas? What else could I do to save it? Thanks in advance for any advice!