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    BSOD on old TravelMate

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by czhang, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. czhang

    czhang Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, I have been having a lot of problems using external monitors on my older TravelMate C110 (tablet). Whenever I plug something in (or even not) and then press Fn+F5 to switch monitors, I get the BSOD. I have no clue what is causing this, can someone help me?
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    try writing down the exact STOP CODE: xxxxx yyyyy zzzzzz info,,

    then do a search at google using the the info you wrote down.
     
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    Hi im a complete newbie to this help stuff and puters. I dropped my lappy and now my screen is screwed. Any helpful hints on what might be wrong. I do know a bit about electronics. My lappy is a acer 290 travelmate approx 3 years old.
     
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    jonspencerbx Notebook Enthusiast

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    My first advice would be to start a new thread so that more people will notice your particular problem.

    Regards,
    M.
     
    jonspencerbx, Apr 3, 2008
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    Browning Newbie

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    Laugh,,, I dont know realy how too.. Like I said Im a puter idiot :(
     
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    czhang Notebook Consultant

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    Wow I asked this over two months ago...I wrote the stop code somewhere but I think I threw it away already :(. I know it was a 0x7F code and while I had the stop code I googled it like you said but didn't find any exact matches. I hear this is a problem often related to RAM but I don't see how that could be as I only get this when trying to switch monitors. Can someone please help?
     
    czhang, Jun 7, 2008
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    czhang Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the reply but I was getting the BSOD when using the VGA port.
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    sounds like a driver or mainboard issue then..... have you tried checking for newer BIOS and drivers at the support.acer-euro.com site??

    other than that i'm of no use :eek:
     
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    czhang Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you, you are actually of use because it worked! I guess I missed the readme in the bios update the first time I downloaded it...
     
    czhang, Jun 11, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    glad you got it fixed.... and i knew you had a bad MB or something was going on in the Firmware controlling it... sorry it took me so long to get you a CORRECT answer.


    bigO
     
    bigozone, Jun 11, 2008
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