Ethernet port blinks but doesn't boot

USAFRet

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Just because the ethernet port blinks doesn't mean the whole board works.

What is telling you it is dead, aside from not booting?

 

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Jake Tagnepis

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Acer said it but a minute ago I examined the lights about every 5 seconds the wireless signal blinks red biut it should blink blue

 

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Jake Tagnepis :

Acer said it but a minute ago I examined the lights about every 5 seconds the wireless signal blinks red biut it should blink blue

But it still doesn't boot, right?
What does it actually do when you try to power up? Does the BIOS screen appear?

 

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Jake Tagnepis

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It does nothing

And the Capslock light blinks for about .25 seconds then nothing

 

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Jake Tagnepis :

It does nothing

Then it is most likely dead, as Acer says.

 

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Thanks for the time

 

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Wait I just remembered when we bring it to a technician he hook upeed a black and red wires that goes to a thing that shows voltage and it has the normal number in it

 

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Jake Tagnepis :

Wait I just remembered when we bring it to a technician he hook upeed a black and red wires that goes to a thing that shows voltage and it has the normal number in it

He connected a voltmeter to......what?

 

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Jake Tagnepis

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to all the hing that power passes by

 

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Jake Tagnepis

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By the way I already accepted that the laptop is really dead what can I do with the parts of the laptop
Btw I am now using the Sata drive in my pc can i use its cpu

 

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Jake Tagnepis :

By the way I already accepted that the laptop is really dead what can I do with the parts of the laptop
Btw I am now using the Sata drive in my pc can i use its cpu

You can use the HDD. That's about it.

 

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can i use the screen and/or the touchpad

 

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Jake Tagnepis :

can i use the screen and/or the touchpad

If you're very, very good with DIY electronics, you might be able to use the screen for something.
But maybe consider just selling the carcass. "Broken laptop for parts. $50."

 

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thanks for the info

 

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