20 Most Recent Acer Aspire 3000 Notebook - Page 4 Questions & Answers

What is a P10 component?Power MOSFET?http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Fairchild-Semiconductor/FDS6679AZ/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMshyDBzk1%2fWi1qxDdW%2fXBi2qgMuZEfLVO4%3dMLCC that is SMD/SMT?http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/TDK/C1608X6S1C475K/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvQvaS66kI3ThUn76Ya%2fK0CNKDzw9lb9Zc%3d(Surface Mount Device/Surface Mount Technology)SMD Fuse?http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Littelfuse/0451062MRL/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMuxTAA0eeO5G8deL9DjgSOCkb%252bslhcKF5Y%3dI think it's a P.MOSFET,http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-Aspire-3000-Motherboard-31ZL5MB0009-Tested-/170971302137?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ceaf08f9Bare with me;The above shows a Bottom view of the motherboard.IF, this Acer Aspire 3000 motherboard is like yours;(And even if it isn't......read on.....)Set your mouse cursor in the middle of the photo.Now use the Zoom In feature by moving the mouse from the middle, to where you want to go.I'm sure you know the following, but others who may read this later, may not.The white Socket S1 processor socket is at the Top/Middle.Looks like this,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_S1Come down from it to the whitish rectangular Heatsink. Go across to the Right from it, to the SiS 302ELV Video Bridge chipset.Turn left at the old Oak tree, and head south.NO.....just wanted to see if you were following along..........lol!Go the Right side of the SiS chipset. Go to the Middle.(Middle/Right side)Go straight across to the large Power MOSFET.Looks to have P015 silkscreened on the motherboard, under it.(Can't make out last digit)It is sitting Vertically. Length goes up, and down.Now come straight down a little bit.Stop at the Power MOSFET that is the same size. This one sits Horizontally on the motherboard.Looks to have P010 silkscreened under it.http://mayohardware.blogspot.com/2010/04/important-parts-on-dv6000-and-dv9000.htmlThat isn't me, but that is the guy you need to talk to.Regards,joecoolvette

Hi, this might me a problem of the sound driver. just uninstall the present sound driver and reload the new driver. then check the sound is comming properly

Pull the plug, remove battery, plug in, reboot.

Hi Ginnydoll,

You need to used Hard Drive Partition which you can resize your available space by increasing drive C: capacity and decreasing available space in your drive d: capacity without deleting any files on it. And this is not a harmful to your hard drive all your important files are intact in each destination.

If my solutions sounds great please email me for further assistance. [email protected]. because it is really hard to demonstrate on this page because there is no features to attached pictures for visual instructions.

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Philip

open internet explorer click on tools then goto internet options
then click the advanced tab go down to the reset button and reset internet explorer to the defaults.
then after that is completed close internet explorer and reopen internet explorer and see if the web page comes up.

I have been here too. You physically have one hard drive and the C: partition is full. I used a program called partition magic that will allow you to repartition your hard drive without erasing anything you currently have installed. It is a really cool program, it just takes a while to do the procedure. You can Google several ones, but I suggest the one from Paragon.

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Step 1: Restart your computer repeatedly tapping the f8 key to enter safe mode while the screen is black once in safe mode where the only things working will be your keyboard and mouse allowing you to attempt to repair your computer Windows Advanced Options Menu Please select an option: Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command Prompt Enable Boot Logging Enable VGA mode Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked) Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only) Debugging Mode Start Windows Normally Reboot Return to OS Choices Menu Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice select safe mode with command prompt Click start run type cmd press Enter black screen should open DOS mode this will vary depending on your operating system type in net user username For eg. If you want to change administrator password , type net user Administrator It will prompt you to enter the new password. Enter the new password and the password is changed if this fails you will need to Select safe mode with networking to download you could download all of these or just one save them to a usb drive for later use if one fails to remove the password Windows Password Recovery Basic http://majorgeeks.com/CmosPwd_d239.html A CMOS BIOS password recovery tool Editors note: This tool should only be used by experienced computer users. Please see the enclosed read me if you would like to run it from Windows. Failure to follow instructions (from Windows) will cause your anti-virus to flag this as a virus. http://majorgeeks.com/Dr._Freeware_System_Utilities_d6416.html Dr.Freeware System Utilities which includes data recovery software, data backup, password reset tools for Windows helps you to maintain your system. Dr.Freeware is freeware, you can download and use it for free.

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In Windows 7: Control Panel (click on Classic View) / Administrative Tools / Computer Management / Disk Manager
This allows you to see the partitions of your hard disk and perform various actions. Right-click on the C: partition to see a command Extend Volume... Before doing anything I strongly recommend your studying about this further as I am not an expert, and your system may be set up differently. For example D: drive might have to be formatted to NTFS if it is a FAT partition or vice versa to match C: but I am not so sure about this step. I would guess you need to shrink D drive and then extend C:, but it is just a guess. Good luck.

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Hi,

It sounds like your HDD is faulty, usually a hardrive can operate with bad sectors but still a risk.

My best advice would be to get a new HDD and recover back on to the new one, even if you did manage to recover onto your current one you may still have problems in the future.

I usually only allow a HDD to fail S.M.A.R.T tests 3 times over any given period and then I just replace them.

Thanks

If you are using windows 7 or 8, just right-click on the desktop, and click personalize on the drop-down menu that appears. it leads you straight to appearance and themes

The first steps you could apply are-1. Check the plug points. Test some other charger on the same plug point. If it's working, then go for the next step.2. Use an alternate acer aspire 3000 charger. If you have a friend with the same laptop / same charging adaptor, borrow it and see whether the laptop is being charged from that. Or you could go to an electronics shop and see whether they have a spare charger just for checking purposes. If no adapter works, then it's not the adapter's fault, it's the fault of the laptop charging port.3. To be sure, you could attach your adapter to an extension cable (a spike guard would be suitable. It prevents sudden peaks in current, thereby protecting your laptop from damage) . If it doesn't charge still, it's a fault within the laptop.To check the charging port within the laptop, you'll have to go to a hardware specialist (assuming that like me, you're not adept at hardware!) . The specialist should guide you properly.If the laptop is within the warranty period, you could try the service centre. Hope I've helped :)

I'm guessing that this is Windows XP Home edition that is installed on the laptop. If that is the case, this knowledge base article explains how to boot into the Recovery console and repair the registry.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us

What games? What does it say? Return games to shop for replacement.

Remove all USB attached devices like drives. You may need to roll back system with System Restore. Under Safe Mode (press F8 during boot and choose Safe Mode). Win 7 - Start > Search type System Restore. XP - Is Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Restore. Now choose a date prior to problem. You may have to try a few dates. Uninstall last program(s) that was installed, again in safe mode. To eliminate possible bad RAM. Unplug PC, open case, and remove all RAM. Test one DIMM at time, one slot at a time. Re-install Windows. Clean install works best, but all data will be lost. Lastly you may have other hardware problems. If it does another blue screen after reloading windows, especially with a clean install.

Go to Control Panel > Mouse and select the touch pad for the device. It will be in one of the tabs.

One thing you can try (for the touchpad)

Acer have got a function key to turn it on and iff (i thought mine was broken for a year). Hold the function key, which is located bottom left of keyboard, and then press F7. It should be F7 anyway.

Hope that helps for your touchpad

Is it locked?

You can do a search (F3) without any fields. Or use a 3rd party software. This is the most logical solution.

You can follow my instructions on this link to restore factory default settings on your laptop: http://www.fixya.com/support/r8417061-restore_laptop_original_settings