Problem Laptop Acer Aspire 4520 cannot switch ON.

[ElijahTW]

Originally Posted by General Plot

Funny enough, I'm a repair tech for Acer. I do laptop repairs on warranty units. The power on then instant off problem is actually pretty common in the Aspire lines. Essentially, it's a power regulation issue, and the only fix is indeed a new motherboard. If your laptop is less than a year old, then the fix should be free. Acer charges a flat rate for all labor and prices vary on different motherboards.

Edit: In case you needed proof that I am indeed an Acer employee, here's a screenshot from my workstation which has my name on it (anyone on here can tell you it's my real name). Also, a view of my desk showing a couple units I was working on. I even tried PCSX2 on a customer unit (just to see how bad it would be). Also, there's a service doc screen shot (I get these with every unit I'm assigned to repair).

You work at Acer? Tell them to make less crappy laptops... Everyone I've known with a Acer Failtop has had some kind of hardware issue.

I owned a Acer Aspire 5100 before... HDD failed so I replaced it... new HDD failed, RMA... New HDD failed, RMA... Figured out that the laptop itself was damaging the HDDs. A test with a multimeter found it was putting out over 8V where it should have been putting out 5. Probably a failed voltage regulator of some sort.... Tech support was far from helpful since I was slightly out of warranty. Dell, as crappy as I think half of their PCs are, will, in my experience, at least try to give you a few pointers even if you're out of warranty.

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