Screen black but laptop runs well

fabiana.schreiner

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Aug 31, 2017
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Hi,
I have a new Acer Aspire laptop. After 2 months, the screen stpped working even thought the computer was running well.

I took it to b the shop. They tested the laptop with an external onitor, and it was running well. They said the screen is faulty and sent to the head office to repair. After 2.5 weeks I didn,t have any answer from them so I called ans I was told they didnt have time to have a look. As this was beginning of December, they said they were not in time to fix it before Christmas, and then they were close for 2 weeks. So I was going to be 2 months without my laptop.

I make a strong complaint. So that day I complaint they "invented" there is a liquid damage and they are not going to fix it and they told Acer not to cover it. That laptop NEVER was in contact with any liquid.

Before I was told this, I could call directly Acer and made a complain about the whole thing and they could see thatva faulty screen was reported and they offer to speed the fixing.

But because the shop changed their mind and started to say is liquid damage, Acer was unsure about this, and forced the shop to fix the laptop. They said that they have to chane the motherboard and replace buffer parts of the screen. Can this happen? If when the laptp was tested with the external monitor was working?

My question is because the screen doesnt work again.
This laptop NEVER was in contact with any water. And I do believe the shop just lied because they didnt want to fix it the first time.

Now they made all kind of excuses ( still under warranty) but I want a replacement, a full refund, or if I keep it a discount in price.

I do believe these people lied from day one.

Can a screen be faulty but with an external monitor is ok and to fix it they have to change the motherboard and buffer parts of the screen? ( I dont understand this last thing)

Now the screen flickers.

I am being abused by this computing shop?

 
Sounds like they did a bad job with the repair and I would take it back to them to get them to fix it right. It should still be under warranty and they should be fixing the issue.

It could be a faulty display, or something more. That an external one worked makes me think it isn't the GPU though. And yes an external monitor can work just fine if the attached display is faulty. However their saying they needed to replace the motherboard as well gives me pause. Why? Because usually you would only do that if it is the GPU that is the problem, but you proved it wasn't. Sounds like you got some very unhelpful people there. Sadly that is quite common.

I would, as stated above, call them again. If the first person doesn't help, go higher. It can take a while but eventually you will get a person who actually knows what they are doing and will get you the help you need.
 

fabiana.schreiner

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Aug 31, 2017
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Thanks for your answer. I believe that the motherboard never was replaced and never had any problem. I do believe they invented all this.

I could contact the Acer escalation manager for this region in both opportunities and he is following this case very close. Last year Acer forced the shop to fix the laptop as they didn't want to do it. This time, after many things and again making all kind of excuses and saying that it will take them up to 2 months to fix it, I contacted the same person at Acer and immediately they told me they will fix it and that I am in the priority list, sent a courier to pick up the laptop to send from Melbourne to Sydney. So I have nothing to say about Acer at all.

About the computer store, yes. They have beached the law in many things.

Now, I would like to know if there is any way to know if the motherboard I have it was replaced or I still have the original one, as I suspect?