Acer Laptop Repair InstructionsAcer laptop repair instructions are extremely important if you ever encounter a problem with your computer. The official Acer laptop manual states that before you begin disassembling your Acer laptop, you should make sure you do the following: - Turn off the power to the system and all peripherals - Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cables from the system - Remove the battery pack. According to the Acer laptop repair instructions, TravelMate 3200 series product uses tape to fasten the FFC/FPC/connectors/cable, you may need to tear the tape before you disconnect different FFC/FPC/connectors. The Acer laptop repair process starts with finding the cause for the problem. First thing to do is perform an External Diskette Drive Check. The idea is to isolate the problem and best way of doing that is by trial and error, so you start with the peripherals and then you move on. Put a diagnostic diskette in the drive and reboot. Boot from the diagnostics diskette and start the diagnostics program. Check if FDD Test is passed as the program runs to FDD Test. If an error occurs with the internal diskette drive, reconnect the diskette connector on the system board. If there is still an error, you have to check the DVD-rom dirve, and then the main board. Here is how you can test the external CD or DVD-rom drive. Make sure that the CD-ROM does not have any label attached to it. The label can cause damage to the drive or can cause the drive to fail. Make sure that the CD-ROM does. Boot from the diagnostics diskette and start the diagnostics program. See if CD-ROM Test is passed when the program runs to CD-ROM Test. If the internal keyboard does not work or an unexpected character appears, make sure that the flexible cable extending from the keyboard is correctly seated in the connector on the system board. If the keyboard cable connection is correct, run the Keyboard Test. If the tests detect a keyboard problem, do the following one at a time to correct the problem. Do not replace a non-defective FRU: - Reconnect the keyboard cables - Replace the keyboard - Replace the main board. If you are having problems charging up the battery of your Acer laptop, it's most likely a problem related with the power adapter cable. Unplug the power adapter cable from the computer and measure the output voltage at the plug of the power adapter cable. The voltage at the main pin should be in the range of 19-20.5V, while the on the second pin should be 0V cause that's the ground. If the voltage measure is not in those ranges, then you have to replace the power adapter. But if the voltage is within that range, then you have to either replace the system board (worst case scenario) or replace the battery pack. Acer notebook repair should be done only at acer laptop authorized repair sites. |