HI ALL.

I have an ACER Aspire1640z - its about 8 months old.

I am due to present a powerpoint presentation in 4 hrs and its died!!!

When I press the power on button I get one long beep followed by 2 short ones. I get no display but the drive icon flashes as though machine is doing something. All I can do is force a shut down by holding down the on/off button.
The problem occured after the laptop froze whilst attempting tp print a document.
Is there anything I can do - I didnt back up the presentation
I do have an older acer laptop - a travelmate 290
Is there anyway I can get the faulty machine sorted out asap?

Take the batter out and unplug the a/c adapter. Take the memory out then put it back in. plug batter and adapter back in. See if the laptop boots. If not. Remove battery, a/c adapter. Hold power button down for 60 sec. This resets mother board. Then try to boot the laptop.

Hi thx for suggestion - -do i leave battery out whist holding down power on button?

Yes. NO battery and NO a/c adapter pluged into unit. You do not want the laptop to power on during the reset.

hmmm still no joy - anything else I can do?

Please describe what you did, including how the unit reacted when you plugged the battery back and powered up the unit.

BTW: If this is an AMI BIOS then the problem is the video. Hook up an external monitor.

Note. Thread moved to Acer Newsgroup

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