I have a acer aspire 4250 and could hear rattling inside. I opened the back and there was a little spring rolling around. I ca

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I have a acer aspire 4250 and could hear rattling inside. I opened the back and a spring was rolling around . Where should it b and is it important. Thanks

Usually when things rattle or you find xtra parts on something you took apart isn't good. The fact that it's a laptop isn't good either. Best thing to do is find a expert on that model and show him what came out. Backup anything that's important as you may never know what could happen next.

 

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Hi, a picture of the piece would be great.

 

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Not sure how to put picture up. It a silver spring a little over 1cm long with a circle at each end. Thanks

 

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Not sure how to put picture up. It a silver spring a little over 1cm long with a circle at each end. Thanks

You can take a snapshot and then upload it to something like imgur.com and then link the picture. You will need to make a account. I don't think they allow guest uploads.

 

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You have an optical drive in your laptop, I think the silver spring comes for the drive, try using the optical drive to see if it is working.

 

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I put a music cd into drive and it played fine.

 

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I put a music cd into drive and it played fine.

That doesn't mean anything.

 

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When I Google acer aspire 4250 optical drive spring on the images a few pics down there is a pic that has the spring in it a some other parts.

 

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julie01 :

When I Google acer aspire 4250 optical drive spring on the images a few pics down there is a pic that has the spring in it a some other parts.

Looking but not seeing anything that shows a spring.

 

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It looks like it could b from the slide button that holds the battery on.it doesn't seem springy

 

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It looks like it could b from the slide button that holds the battery on.it doesn't seem springy

Could be but were not there and you are.

 

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Google acer aspire 4250 battery latch. The first image has a spring in it

 

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Google acer aspire 4250 battery latch. The first image has a spring in it

As I said it could be. However I think most battery doors for laptops are part of the battery and if you can't see if the spring is missing then I doubt that's it.

 

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For the battery latches, one latch you push and it comes back at his place with the spring, the second one should remains at his place when you push it.

 

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