http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/tags/one The Acer Guy Forum » Tag: one - Recent Posts en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:34:08 +0000 bbpress 1.0.2 q http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/search.php http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-9862 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:44:43 +0000 dreadlord 9862@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>i have same issue on my aspire 8920g, automatic shut down. when using battery is just run fine. but plugging the ac adaptor it just turn off and boot again.</p> <p>can i possible use these step<br /> 1. Remove battery.<br /> 2. Hold power button for 60 seconds.<br /> 3. Let go of power button.<br /> 4. Plug in AC power (battery still removed).<br /> 5. Power on the laptop (batter still removed).<br /> 6. Let run for a few minutes.<br /> 7. Re-insert the battery.</p> <p>hope it works </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-8190 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:29:06 +0000 wwill 8190@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>This is wierdness! I did the same: blowing out the fan , holding the power button in for 20 secs====and now my AOA150-1126 is working. There is obviously some engineering glitch connected to the BIOS flash and Acer isn't telling anyone. THX for your site!!! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-8061 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:11:18 +0000 Savage 8061@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I love you guys!! My Acer did the same thing and I was panicking. It's my work pc and without it, I can't make $$. Plus I have alot of high dollar programs on it. Long story short, I found this forum and now love you all! LOL!</p> <p>I tried the tapping for the fan, didn't work. Then I tried the 20 second battery thing. It worked! I don't know if they worked together or what. I'm just very grateful it did!</p> <p>THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!!<br /> I'm telling my friends about this forum. ♥♥ </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-8042 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:38:52 +0000 john3011 8042@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I had the very same problem and did some investigation work and some reverse engineering.<br /> There seems to be a couple of things causing over heating and laptop shutting down. first the over heating issue can be caused by built up static which turning off power disconnecting AC and battery then holding down power button for 60 seconds purges static. second issue over heating- cause by built up dust and fluff in fan area.unscrew back panel and clean all mesh on vents on rear of panel.2- unscrew , unplug fan and remove. use hoover and tooth brush to clean heat sink then use compressed air to blow out dust hoover cannot get at.Last thing i found was a problem regarding power AC input terminal.When you open and close the laptop the wires from built in power socket break due to stretching if the screen is opened to much. Undo the housing that surrounds the AC socket and you should see red and black power cable. check to see if any have broken away and if so solder back into place.I added a cable to to the existing broken one to give it more length to allow movement.Since doing this my Laptop no longer is over heating nor shutting down, plus since soldering the wires back into place my batter no longer drains and gets a full charge.<br /> I hope this helps those with Acer Aspire 6920s as ringing Acer tech support is a waste of time.if you need further info on above solution email at <a href="mailto:john301@indigo.ie">john301@indigo.ie</a> </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-8001 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:16:21 +0000 vbmds 8001@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>My daughters A110 has this shut down issue now and again. </p> <p>The solution I have found the works every time, thus far - hope I'm not going to jinx it lol, is to simply give the unit a 'pat on the back'. </p> <p>I read somewhere on the web when it first happened; that the CPU cooling fan can become unseated and either stops working or becomes ineffectual if still working and the unit then overheats and shuts down. The pat on the bottom of the unit reseats the fan and resolves the overheating shut down issue. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-7769 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:15:53 +0000 angel44 7769@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>my sons acer one zg5 would start up would not load in safe mode. When choosing start normally windows xp would show then it would shut down or show blue screen of death.</p> <p>I tried a BIOS update = didn't help</p> <p>What did help was some advise from this forum:</p> <p>1st tap circle under laptop were fan resides as the fans tend to stick. </p> <p>For mine I also had to press alt F10 at post to enter recovery. Of course choosing this option will lose data but, computer works fine now.</p> <p>Thank you, didn't have to purchase a new hard drive, or fan or battery :) </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-7701 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:55:42 +0000 consigcody 7701@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Y'all are gonna think im crazy but all i did was when it was powering on tap on the the bottom where the fan is and it will work o.o my grandpas was having this problem and so was my friend so for my grandpas i just slapped the bottom of it and walla so on my friends i was more careful and i just tapped around and when i got to the fan it worked! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-7700 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:52:33 +0000 chele_d 7700@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I tapped or rather smacked on the side where someone said the fan was (by pwr cord) and it worked. I didnt hear the fan at all before, but afterwards a low hum, warm air and acer up and running again. Thanks so much! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-7510 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:36:08 +0000 newmansa 7510@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Well, no luck. </p> <p>I reassembled everything and powered it up. At first things looked good. The unit powered up and I logged onto WinXP with no trouble--although it DID take quite awhile to go through the process. </p> <p>The bad news is that after some time less than an hour, it did the same old thing and went to the BIOS screen. Then, I tried tapping hard on the case near where the fan is mounted. This bought me a good deal more time (which BTW, allowed me to do some more backing up on my external HD). But, in the end, I saw the blue screen flash briefly (it showed something that included, "preparing memoery dump..." before quitting) and then it went again to the BIOS screen. </p> <p>I think I've pinpointed the trouble as a bad HD though. I noticed that there was no HD listed in the BIOS screen. Later, it wouldn't even boot to the BIOS screen, and only said, "no bootable device found" on a black screen. </p> <p>So, I'm now online trying to find the best price for a replacement HD for the thing. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-7507 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:09:38 +0000 newmansa 7507@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I've been reading these posts looking for a solution to my Acer Aspire One problem, which I'll describe below: </p> <p>Equipment: Acer Aspire One AOA150, WinXP, 160 Gb HD, purchased w/6 hour battery but recently had to replace with 9 hour battery purchased off eBay. Owned it since Dec. 2008. </p> <p>Problem: First occurred w/in last month or so. With no warning, unit (briefly) flashed a 'blue screen' and totally shut down. Restarted OK, but later on it did same thing except instead of shutdown it went to the BIOS setup screen. Only thing was that I couldn't get out of it because when I did F10 (Save &amp; Exit) it wouldn't do so, nor when I did Exit w/o Saving. Had to power down with 'Power' button. </p> <p>Next day I could log on to Windows and work for a few minutes but then same thing happened. Tried over and over to get it to stay on but no success. I did notice that when the unit had been left to sit for extended period, I got longer working life before shutdown occurred. An IT friend said it may not be HD, but instead could be a fan issue. </p> <p>Ran out to purchase external HD (long overdue) to attempt to salvage data in case HD was beginning to fail. NOTE: I had noticed in past month or two that what I thought was fan noise had become somewhat louder than before. </p> <p>With new external HD in hand, I powered on unit with these precautions: I sat it on top of a couple of blocks on the kitchen table, so there was about 2 inches of air space beneath the unit. While I was working with it, I kept running my hand beneath it to feel if the air was getting too warm. If it did, I blew underneath it to keep the hot air from building up. I wound up getting 3 or 4 hours of trouble-free work time in which to back up the most critical files to the external HD (whew!). </p> <p>After this, though, the problem got bad enough that I couldn't work with the thing anymore. I had also purchased a SATA/USB connector cable with which to remove the HD and plug it into another computer to test it and/or extract the remaining files. I bought it at same time as external HD, because I wasn't sure I would be able to get the Acer running long enough to copy files from it. However, as it turns out you can't directly copy user files from a HD to another computer because they're inaccessible if your Windows profile is password protected. </p> <p>Anyways, since my Acer doesn't have the access panels through which to remove the HD, I had to do a disassemble to get at it. While doing so, I noted that the fan had tons of dust all over the blades, and there was a good bit of dust elsewhere inside the unit, too. I blew it all out real good with compressed air. </p> <p>That's when I started searching the web for help deciding whether it was a fan issue or hard drive beginning to fail, since I needed to know which piece to order over the web. And, that's when I found this forum. </p> <p>Based on what I've read on this thread, I feel pretty sure my problem is with the fan. It's probably not even bad, but just too gunked up with dust to spin freely. I'm going to reassemble the unit, with the existing HD, and see what happens. Maybe I don't even need to but ANYTHING new since I've cleaned it out now. </p> <p>After I complete that, I'll post the results to let everyone know if that's what it turned out to be.</p> <p>PS: It turns out what I thought was the sound of the fan spinning was actually the sound of the HD spinning. I discovered this when I plugged the removed HD into my other computer and heard the sound when it started spinning. So, I can't say for sure whether my fan was working at all beforehand. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-7456 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:05:25 +0000 emahon98 7456@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>The key was tapping the fan (botton of computer near whedre power plugs in).... did the whole unplug,remove battery press power button thing first several times to no avail. tapping the fan did it!!! yay and thanks! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-one-browser-problem#post-7272 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:03:42 +0000 Benediction 7272@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hi, just checkin, can you access the network options in the OS? And is the Wifi card enabled via the switch? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-one-browser-problem#post-7265 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:52:14 +0000 cherry87 7265@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>HI,<br /> my friend has an acer aspire one. its running linux OS. When you click on the browser nothing happens. any suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-z65-netbookwont-start-properly#post-6912 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:45:46 +0000 RobbyBurns 6912@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I have an Acer Aspire One Z65 netbook.</p> <p>It is not starting properly. I have tried to reboot using a Windows XP CD from an external DVD/CD writer, but I keep getting a message that a certain file is missing.</p> <p>Can I download a reboot disk from the Internet?</p> <p>Or, any other suggestion that is not too complicated? </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-netbook#post-6612 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:40:00 +0000 nalagnik 6612@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Many thanks for your input 0xDEADBEEF . That's another option I can try. It is a bit odd that I have read two reports of there being TV-OUT available on the VGA port and yet as we both say there is no mention of it in the specification ! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-netbook#post-6606 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:17:40 +0000 0xDEADBEEF 6606@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Standard VGA connector does not have any TV out pins on it - see the pinout <a href="http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGAVesaDdc_pinout.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGAVesaDdc_pinout.shtml</a>. VGA to S-Video adapter boxes which reencode VGA signal to S-Video, like this <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-Notebook-VGA-AV-S-Video-TV-Converter-Switch-Box-1-/190464464265?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item2c58911589" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-Notebook-VGA-AV-S-Video-TV-Converter-Switch-Box-1-/190464464265?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item2c58911589</a> should work most reliably and do not depend on manufacturer specific extra pins on VGA connector. I do not see any mention of TV-out on Ferrari One product page so I doubt it's VGA connector has it. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-netbook#post-6601 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:16:08 +0000 nalagnik 6601@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Thank you for responding Peter. I will get a cable and try it out.<br /> Regards<br /> Alan </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-netbook#post-6590 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:44:56 +0000 Peter 6590@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>There is only one type of VGA port. Ensure that the cables you are using have all the pins in them. If you have the converter cable give it a try. I haven't done that myself but if all the pins are there (some cables do not have certain pins as they are not required for normal PC operation) then you should be fine. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-netbook#post-6578 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:01:54 +0000 nalagnik 6578@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I wish to connect my netbook VGA port to a VCR S-Video input using a converter cable but the cable supplier specifies that the vga port should have TV-Out on its pins. I have read at least twice that the VGA port does support this but there is nothing in the specifications and more importantly Acer Support just don't answer my emails. Can anyone help please.<br /> Thank you for taking the time to read this. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-6302 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:46:36 +0000 nuanced 6302@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Kept shutting down right after the windows welcome. I removed the battery and power cable &amp; pressed on the power button for a few seconds and then after replacing the battery and power cable the problem was solved. Thanks for all the hints. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-6063 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:42:21 +0000 Vapors12 6063@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Blacky IS right and it works. I did exactly what she did and viola! It powered up and stayed on!! THANKS BLACKY!!!!!!! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-bluetooth#post-5950 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:10:45 +0000 0xDEADBEEF 5950@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Get module designed for Acer 1810 or 1410 on eBay.<br /> Disassemble your laptop.<br /> Install the BT module.<br /> Download drivers from Acer. Install them.<br /> See my post and photos here<br /> <a href="http://www.notebookforums.com/thread231016-2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.notebookforums.com/thread231016-2.html</a><br /> Good luck </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/ferrari-one-bluetooth#post-5921 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:17:37 +0000 rombauer 5921@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>How can I get Bluetooth on my Ferrari One?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-one-ao523h-only-works-on-mains#post-5771 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:25:57 +0000 cyberion1985 5771@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Hello Explosive,</p> <p>I assume your battery is faulty - I had previous models with the exact same issue. When we replaced the battery, the issue was solved. By any means, as you said "I got my Aspire One a few days ago", it should be under warranty - so you can send it to an authorized Acer repair centre for repairs. </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-5751 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:24:38 +0000 Quickie 5751@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>[Acer Aspire One shuts down after 30 seconds SOLVED]<br /> Dudes,<br /> I have been reading these forums for the whole weekend about the shutdown problem with the Acer Aspire One AOA150.<br /> Tried all the solutions, including taking the netbook apart, and nothing worked.</p> <p>FINALLY I GOT THE SOLUTION THAT WORKED FOR ME!!!! :-)</p> <p>Basically it is the CPU overheating. I think whatever controls when the cooling fan switches on does not do its job with the latest BIOS update (Which IS needed to get the battery to charge).<br /> I installed: Acer Aspire One (AA1) Fan Control for Windows XP/Vista.</p> <p><a href="http://www.computentsystems.de/aceraspireonefancontrol/" rel="nofollow">http://www.computentsystems.de/aceraspireonefancontrol/</a></p> <p>Monitor the CPU temperature and set accordingly.</p> <p>Hope this will save others the time I had to spend on it </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/aspire-one-ao523h-only-works-on-mains#post-5747 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:35:24 +0000 Explosive 5747@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I got my Aspire One a few days ago and it's been working fine, but now it won't run off the battery.<br /> It runs off mains perfectly, and it Windows says the battery is 100% charged, but if I take the power cord out while it's running, the screen turns white and it makes a strange buzzing sound.<br /> If I plug the cord back in while the screen is white, the display shows whatever was on the screen while it was still running, but everything is frozen.<br /> I have read of similar problems with different Aspire One models, but the solution to those was a BIOS update that fixes the battery charging system (They wouldn't charge if it was too low). Their netbooks would also shut down if disconnected, and Windows said the battery was fully charged, but their battery light was orange, and mine is blue, so this could be a different issue.</p> <p>I'm running Windows 7, please help me! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-cannot-carry-out-updates#post-5590 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:14:44 +0000 vanillaiceman 5590@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the reply, but, now this might make me sound really stupid, but what exactly do I have to do? I have never really used linux before, so its all a bitof a mystery to me! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-cannot-carry-out-updates#post-5589 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:57:16 +0000 AcerInsider 5589@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>Take a look here: <a href="http://macles.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://macles.blogspot.com/</a> </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-cannot-carry-out-updates#post-5581 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:47:00 +0000 vanillaiceman 5581@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>HI everybody. I have an Acer aspire one, running Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.9.E, and I love it, but I now need to update my flash player, and I have found 3 different versions to download, (YUM, .tar.gz and .rpm) which all say they are updates for Linux. Now, I have two questions (sorry if they are stupid questions but I am not great at anything but the basics on computers, so, if possible, can any advice given be in the most basic of terms possible, lol) -<br /> 1) Which version do I need to download, or does it not really matter?<br /> 2) Once I download it, how do I actually get it installed on my computer?<br /> thanks for any advice given, all advice is gratefully received! </p> http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/topic/acer-aspire-one-shut-down-issue/page/3#post-4802 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:52:33 +0000 Dunkel 4802@http://www.theacerguy.com/forum/ <p>I started to have this problem after I flashed BIOS to 3309 version. After the automatic reboot, the netbook was shutting off after 30 sec.<br /> I did what Blacky said here, and now it's working fine.<br /> Blacky, you are a genius, thank u very much! </p>