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Dell D630 damaged USB port and no longer powers on. Light comes on the off. Pins on USB port touching the ground. Straigthen out all pins but still won’t power on. Found burnt/spark mark in area circled in picture. Cleaned with toothbrush and finally it’s powering up without problem.

Acer 5100 powers on but no display on screen either LCD or external monitor. POST beep code 1 short, two short beeps tells me that there’s a problem with the video card. Since the video is integrated onto the motherboard I’ll attemp a reflow and see if that will bring it back to life.

Common problem with these models. Check the FL1 filter first. It tent to lose contact over time.

  Acer Aspire does not recognize the hard drive.  Most common error message: Error 200 This problem is cuase by cold solder joints. Try apply pressur on the chips in the picture and see if you can boot to the hard drive.  Try one chip at a time so you know which one is causing […]

When you run the built-in diagnostic with the FN key, Numlock and Caplock key flashes. Scroll Lock key stays on solid. This indicates the problem is with the onboard video card.

The yellow USB port is a always on USB port. It supplies power even when the laptop is in sleep mode or off.

For those who prefer to have Ctrl in the location of the Fn key, there is a function in the BIOS to swap these keys.

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