Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there’s an issue with the hard drive. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there’s an issue with the hard drive. Thankfully it isn’t [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI. Few manufacturers modify it to stop trying to initialize the drive after X number of failed attempts and just let it error out (No boot device). In most cases, they only change the boot splash screen that shows up during POST. Once you’re in the BIOS, they usually use the reference AMI skin unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
If removing the hard drive does not help, check and reseat the RAM while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
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If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years. Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps if all else fails, but my experience is if those steps do not help it’s usually a failed board.
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If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s usually the motherboard. Unless you can find a cheap replacement, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it becomes a few years old (usually around 2-3 years). Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps if all else fails, but my experience is if those steps do not help it’s usually a failed board.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there’s an issue with the hard drive. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI. Few manufacturers modify it to stop trying to initialize the drive after X number of failed attempts and just let it error out (No boot device). In most cases, they only change the boot splash screen that shows up during POST. Once you’re in the BIOS, they usually use the reference AMI skin unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
If removing the hard drive does not help, check and reseat the RAM while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
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If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years. Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps if neither of those help, but my experience is if those steps do not help it’s usually a failed board.
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If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years. Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps if all else fails, but my experience is if those steps do not help it’s usually a failed board.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there’s an issue with the hard drive. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI. Few manufacturers modify it to stop trying to initialize the drive after X number of failed attempts and just let it error out (No boot device). In most cases, they only change the boot splash screen that shows up during POST. Once you’re in the BIOS, they usually use the reference AMI skin unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
If removing the hard drive does not help, check and reseat the RAM while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
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If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years.
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If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years. Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps if neither of those help, but my experience is if those steps do not help it’s usually a failed board.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there is an issue with it and you need to replace it. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there’s an issue with the hard drive. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI and few of them ever modify it so the computer will stop trying to initialize the drive after X number of attempts. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI. Few manufacturers modify it to stop trying to initialize the drive after X number of failed attempts and just let it error out (No boot device). In most cases, they only change the boot splash screen that shows up during POST. Once you’re in the BIOS, they usually use the reference AMI skin unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
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If removing the hard drive does not help, check the RAM and reseat it while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
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If removing the hard drive does not help, check and reseat the RAM while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there is an issue with it and you need to replace it. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI and few of them ever modify it so the computers still boot even if the drive has an issue. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI and few of them ever modify it so the computer will stop trying to initialize the drive after X number of attempts. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
If removing the hard drive does not help, check the RAM and reseat it while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there is an issue with it and you need to replace it. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI and few of them ever modify it so the computers still boot even if the drive has an issue at POST. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI and few of them ever modify it so the computers still boot even if the drive has an issue. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
If removing the hard drive does not help, check the RAM and reseat it while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there is an issue with it and you need to replace it. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury it to the point the motherboard needs to come out like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there is an issue with it and you need to replace it. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] (or RAM) like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury these components like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is licensed from AMI a lot and few of them ever change it up enough to be resilient to a dead hard drive hanging POST. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
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Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is usually licensed from AMI and few of them ever modify it so the computers still boot even if the drive has an issue at POST. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
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If removing the hard drive does not help, check the RAM and reseat it while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
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If removing the hard drive does not help, check the RAM and reseat it while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected since it's easily accessible - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years.
Listen to the hard drive for any unusual sounds like headstack clicking or power issues - a lot of laptops struggle to boot when the drive has failed. If you can get it to boot with the drive physically removed, there is an issue with it and you need to replace it. Thankfully it isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZycWEp58Oo|hard to get to the hard drive] like some of Acer’s other laptops where they bury it to the point the motherboard needs to come out like the E-11/V-11/ES1/E3.
Part of the reason so many laptops have problems ignoring a dead hard drive during POST is the BIOS codebase is licensed from AMI a lot and few of them ever change it up enough to be resilient to a dead hard drive hanging POST. They usually only change the BIOS splash screen a lot of the time and use the reference AMI skin in the BIOS, unless you have one of the few with a different skin.
If removing the hard drive does not help, check the RAM and reseat it while you’re in there just to be sure it’s properly connected - the modules can fall out of place over time when you carry the computer with you, so it’s worth checking and reseating the modules to be sure. If that doesn’t help, you may need to replace the RAM.
If neither removing the hard drive or memory helps, it’s probably a bad motherboard. Unless you can find one cheap, it’s usually more cost effective to replace the entire computer once it fails after 2-3+ years.