Jumpering those points did not help.Īny ideas you can give would really be helpful! Thanks. Surrounding that button, but not touching it, is some foil that seems to be a ground point that should be touching matching ground points on the body of the laptop like a jumper. that is critical? I know there is a little button there that tells the laptop the screen is closed. I can find no loose connections and there is no loose junk inside (I removed something that looked like a pair of super-sized cat claws made of plastic.)Īny suggestions? Is there something about the panel at the top edge of the keyboard which contains the power button, etc. I had reconnected the screen for testing and all seemed fine. The laptop was working fine before the battery ran out. What happens when I press the power button is the power light comes on and the fan starts up, then, after about a second, it all shuts off. I tested with the battery in and with the battery out, but no go. With it plugged in, the laptop still would not power up, so I let it charge for more than 24 hours. She sent me her other charger, which I tested and know to be working. It didn’t help, so I tested it and found it was broken. The other wires will be easy for me.īut there is a new twist… The battery ran out of juice, so she gave me the charger. I fixed the screen easily enough by building brackets for the hinges the cable was OK. She DROPPED the poor thing and the screen came completely off, the WiFi wires broke,and the camera wires broke. I’m repairing a laptop for a co-worker, an Acer Aspire BL51. Thank you for this web site and the Acer instructions. Now you can release the cable and remove the keyboard. If you break the connector, you’ll have to replace the whole motherboard. Carefully move the black tab about 1-2 millimeters up with your fingernails as it shown on the picture below.ĭO NOT SEPARATE THIS TAB FROM THE CONNECTOR, IT HAS TO STAY ATTACHED TO THE CONNECTOR. Before you can remove it completely, you’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable.Ħ. The keyboard is connected to the motherboard via a flat ribbon cable. Carefully lift up the keyboard, it’s still attached to the motherboard.ĥ. Remove two screws securing the keyboard.Ĥ. Lift up the bezel with a flathead screwdriver as it shown on the picture below.ģ.
#UPDATE BIOS ACER ASPIRE 5100 HOW TO#
In the following steps I’ll explain how to disconnect and remove the keyboard.ġ.
Here’s how you can replace thermal paste between the heatsink and CPU. This dust buildup kills normal airflow inside the cooling module and causes overheating. My laptop had a lot of dust trapped between the fan and heatsink. Carefully disconnect fan cable from the motherboard. When the wireless card pops up at a 30 degree angle, pull it from the slot by the edges. Spread latches on both sides of the wireless card same way as you did with RAM modules.ģ. Grab the antenna cable connector with your fingers and unsnap it from the connector on the wireless card.Ģ. You should use PC2-533 DDR2-667MHz 200pin SODIMM RAM modules.ġ. Carefully spread latches on both sides of the memory slot until the module pops up at a 30 degree angle.Īcer Aspire 5100 has two memory slots.
#UPDATE BIOS ACER ASPIRE 5100 UPGRADE#
You can upgrade it to a larger capacity HDD or SSD.ġ. My Aspire 5100 had a 80GB 5400RPM SATA HDD installed. If you are replacing the hard drive with a new one, you’ll have to transfer the mounting bracket to a new drive. Pull the hard drive to the right side until it’s disconnected from the motherboard. Push the drive from the case with a flathead screwdriver.ġ. Remove one screw (red circle) securing the drive.Ģ.
Remove four screws marked with red circles and loosen two screws marked with green circles. In the next article I’ll explain how to remove the screen.įirst of all, make sure the computer is turned off, the power adapter is disconnected and the battery is removed.īoth memory modules, wireless card, cooling and and hard drive can be accessed from the bottom. I’ll show how to remove major internal components.
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