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    Acer 3820tg is not starting up

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by viliam.jobko, Mar 22, 2014.

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    viliam.jobko Newbie

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    Hello guys,
    I am owner of the Acer 3820TG and I was changing thermal grease yesterday.

    After applying the thermal grease, I put the laptop together, but without screws, just to see if it is working. It booted successfully and I run stress test and can see that temperatures are better than before. I shut down the laptop and go to the bed with satisfaction.

    When I woke up today, I apply screws and turn the laptop on.

    Fans were working, blue diode was shining but the screen was black. I tried it with external monitor and same result.

    I tried to remove HDD and RAMs. As far as I know, I should hear beeping if I turn it without RAMs. But there was no beep at all.

    Do you guys have any idea how could I repair it?


    What I have tried:
    - Removing battery and power supply and holding the power button for ~1 minute to reset the EC - No change.
    - Resetting the CMOS by bridging the switch - No change.
     
    viliam.jobko, Mar 22, 2014
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    viliam.jobko Newbie

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    I have disassembled and assembled it again and now it works :)
     
    viliam.jobko, Mar 22, 2014
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