Questions tagged [acer-aspire]
Aspire is a line of personal computers made by Acer.
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How to detect HDD in "This PC" of my Acer notebook/tablet hybrid?
Edit: I already edited this question, fixed my former problems by using Drivers Pack Solution to automatically detect my hardware and install corresponding drivers.
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Acer Aspire 5552 screen drivers on Windows 10
I've installed Windows 10 to my Acer Aspire 5552 but i'm having troubles with the drivers of the screen. It looks like it lacks of resolution or something.
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Aspire E1-572 doesn't detect RAM
I have an Acer Aspire E1-572 and just purchased a Kingston KVR13S9S8/4 to upgrade it to 8GB RAM but the system doesn't detect the new memory.
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Merely chainloading an Acer Recovery Partition deleted all data
I was starting a backup of Acer's factory restore partition located inside of an extended partition to determine whether or not it still worked. I clicked "take no action" once I saw that it had, in ...
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My "Acer Aspire ES 15" laptop with Windows 10 pre-installed, does not let me turn off secure boot
I have installed Linux Mint 18 on my Acer Aspire ES 15 laptop which has Windows 10 pre-installed on it. But, I am not able to boot into the Linux OS as the machine is always booting into Windows 10 ...
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How can I keep my laptop fan on the entire time?
I have a fan on my laptop that doesn't turn on often enough. The computer doesn't crash, but becomes very laggy.
When the fan turns on the computer starts running fast again.
How can I keep the ...
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Can you upgrade a soldered-in CPU? [duplicate]
I own a Acer Aspire es1-532-c5yw, and it's celeron processor is no where near what I need. I don't have enough money, however, to afford to buy a laptop with at least an i5. I was therefore wondering ...
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Install mSATA SSD with mSata to SATA adapter into optical drive using hdd caddy
Windows 7 | Acer Aspire Timeline 5820TD | Samsung mSata 128 GB | HDD Caddy
I have an older Acer 5820T laptop that I decided to try to boost the performance on. I also had an unused Samsung mSATA 128 ...
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2016 and Acer recovery details...no sticker, no DVD, tiny recovery partition =?
A friend of mine bought an Acer Aspire E 15, which came with Windows 10. What I was surprised to see it didn't come with was any sort of product key--no sticker on the bottom like I was used to with ...
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Acer Aspire V3-772g IOMMU?
I am using an Acer-Aspire-V3-772G-747a161-12TMakk and want to install Linux as host and a Windows Edition as guest on a VM. To be able to play games there I want to use PCI passthrough and therefore I ...
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Unexplainable, random CPU lock-ups
Hardware: Acer Aspire XC-603g (stock hardware, no modifications)
Almost a year ago, I asked this question on AskUbuntu because I had thought that the problem was with my installation of Ubuntu. Though ...
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Acer Aspire 9300 - Windows 7 Drivers Needed
I bought an Acer Aspire notebook with Vista several years ago. It's great laptop and has served me well since I have been running it. The thing is, since Vista was crap back then, I downgraded to XP ...
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acer aspire es 15 windows 10 usb 3.0 not working out the box
So I recently brought this laptop and havnt had any issues with it expect the usb 3.0 working. I can use 3.0 devices in the 2.0 slots but then I don't get the speed that I want. I have ran a unbuntu ...
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Keyboard backlight not working: Acer Aspire R13 R7-372T
I recently bought an Acer Aspire R13 R7-372T Laptop. I noticed that the keyboard backlight was never on. I tried the keyboard shortcut to increase the backlight brightness but to no avail. I tried ...
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Acer Aspire 5250 won't boot from bootable USB
I took home my friend's Acer Aspire 5250 which currently has corrupted Windows 10. So, I thought of installing Windows XP (SP3) in it using a bootable USB. As of now, it doesn't pick the USB. I don't ...
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Laptop shuts down and reboot when loading system
I received an Acer laptop of a friend and I try to fix it, but I'm out of inspiration.
When the laptop boots and loads its OS (Windows 7) the laptop shuts down and reboots automatically, but doing ...
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How to fix horizontal line on my laptop screen?
I have an acer aspire one d257. I noticed a horizontal line on my laptop screen yesterday. The horizontal line changes color depending on the color of the screen. On a white background, it changes to ...
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Acer Aspire 5750 wifi option missing after Windows-7 SP1 update
I have an Acer Aspire 5750 laptop (32 bit). I updated the Service Pack (SP1) which I downloaded from the Microsoft website.
The SP1 (windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe) was updated successfully but after ...
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Disable Touchpad or PS/2 mouse
i wonder if someone can help me - I've been asked by a friend to permanently disable the touchpad on her Acer Aspire 5175Z laptop.
There's a function key combo (Fn-F7) which disabled it but only ...
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Touchpad changes tap from click to hold, and right click menu freezes on screen, clears on restart
I have the following issue:
After continued usage of a windows 10 based Acer laptop, the touchpad behavior changes to "tap to hold left click" from "tap to left click". Additionally, as this happens, ...
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How to enable Virtualization in Acer Aspire 8930g
I have been trying to enable Virtualization of my cpu to run a 64 bit guest OS. Anybody having an idea ?
EDIT : My cpu supports virtualization. http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35562 the problem ...
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A and X keys not working all the time on Acer Aspire E laptop
So I've been having this annoying issue for a few days now.
I sometimes have to hold one of them, and they slowly get typed in the textbox in which i'm typing, and gradually get more cursive to the ...
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Fixing a found Acer desktop tower : power supply issue?
I found in the street the tower of an ACER desktop computer. Having some free time and willing to learn more on how to fix hardware issues, my plan is to repair it.
ACER-Aspire-X3810
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Is my internal hard drive dead?
I have a 500GB seagate internal hard drive in my Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro. Without dropping the laptop or anything, just letting it to sleep mode overnight, I open it to find no bootable device error. I ...
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How to enable mic input only in headphone
I am making a project in which I need to give instructions to my program and the program will perform some output as per my instructions.
Everything is working fine as I am able to give commands via ...
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How do I fix windows error 0xc000021a
My PC displays the error 0xc000021a when booting then restarts to recovery mode.
I could not find any of my restore points so I booted into safe mode and disable signature drivers but it still ...
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Where can I find Windows 7 drivers for this laptop?
I recently bought a laptop, Acer Aspire E5-575G 77ze http://www.acer.com/ac/ro/RO/content/model/NX.GDWEX.055
(http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/NX.GHGAA.002 I can't find the English site)
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Set up two external monitors on my laptop (aspire v3)
Hi everyone i am going to buy two fullHD monitors and i would like to plug them into my laptop but i am not sure if this is possible.
To be specific i have an Acer Aspire V3-572G-76UP that came with:
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Acer Aspire V3-772G with WIN10 default boot device missing
my 2 years old, out of warranty, Acer Aspire V3-772G with WIN10 is giving me a message ‘default boot device missing’.
I tried to take out the battery for a few seconds, take out the HDD and gently ...
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Can I use charger of Acer Veriton L410 for Acer Aspire laptops? [closed]
Can I use charger of Acer Veriton L410 for Acer Aspire 3620 laptop?
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Bypass UEFI on native Windows 8 Acer Aspire V5
I'm working on an ACER Aspire V5-121 OEM Windows 8.
The original hard drive with the OS was removed, and I have a blank one... but could not install any other OS on it, not even Win 8.
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Bluetooth device missing
Today I tried using my bluetooth and realized it was missing.
I went to my "Devices Manager" and it wasn't showing any Bluetooth devices.
However, following the instrucions in this question, I ...
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DDr3 or DDR3L for Acer Aspire 5745G
I have an Acer Aspire 5745 G. I am planning to upgrade the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB.
Specs:
Acer Aspire 5745G 2010 model.
Core i5 430M processor, Acer ZR7 mobo, Intel HM55
Current working RAM: 2*2GB ...
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Unable to detect bluetooth devices with windows 8.1 laptop using bluetoothview
I am using a tool called bluetoothview (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bluetooth_viewer.html) on my Acer Aspire VN7-791 Laptop with Intel Wireless Bluetooth Adapter under Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) ...
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Windows 10 Automatic zoom
Today, when I turned on my laptop, after a few minutes Windows automatically start zooming in and out. For example, when I scroll some windows like explorer, Chrome or any other application it starts ...
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Acer Aspire 4736Z BIOS Bricked (failed flash bios update)
So as the title says, I bricked my laptop. I'm not that good at explaining but let me try. I reformatted my laptop and installed the drivers given by the acer support driver and manual site and ...
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Aspire E5-571G-55ST RAM slots issue
I have Aspire E5-571G-55ST laptop and tools like CPU-Z and Speccy show that I have 2/4 slots used... Even Windows Task Manager shows that I'm only using 2/4 slots... But when I opened up the laptop to ...
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Does Windows 10 slows Acer Aspire E5-411-C3K3 notebooks?
So I have an Acer Aspire E5 notebook and I recently reformatted it. I installed Windows 8.1 (in Legacy Boot -- I actually don't know what difference it makes) and I want to update to Windows 10. I ...
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I shutdown the laptop but when I turn it on, all the programs which were open are still open
It happened 2 weeks ago and still happens everytime I shutdown my laptop,when it turns on all the programs are just as i let them before shutdown.
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Windows 10 can't boot after encryption
I used diskcryptor to encryption my C: drive, the process is done by using default encryption setting. However my Acer aspire v nitro laptop won't boot and stuck at the attempting repair screen. I ...
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My laptop won't connect to wifi
I have Acer V5-571 with windows 10.
it works very wellbut now it says it can't connect and the other people with me can connect. I have the password correct so I can't figure out what's wrong. I ...
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Cant access BIOS or boot after pm-hibernate on Ubuntu 15.10
ACER ASPIRE 4560-Sb601 - Ubuntu 15.10
I executed the command "sudo pm-hibernate" on Ubuntu 15.10 and could not access BIOS or boot anymore.
Grub2 appears, but boot stops with the following ...
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Laptop fans unexpectedly spin at full power
I have an Acer Aspire V17 Nitro (VN7-791G),
the almost 2-year old model, so the rip-off model in fact:
GTX-860 2GB, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 256SSD, Intel Core i7-4710HQ. Hardware information:
My fans are ...
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Aspire ES1-511 Power Cable Causes Shutdown
I have an Aspire ES1-511 laptop on battery and if I plug in the charging cable that came with the laptop it immediately shuts down. This started happening after upgrading to Windows 10.
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Is there a way to fix my charger so that it charges my laptop, or must I buy a new one?
My Lite-On PA-1900-32 charger has ceased being able to charge my Acer Aspire Timeline U laptop. I cannot think of any immediate reason for this to be the case. For a while, charging was sketchy and I ...
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Why does my laptop shut down on its own?
My laptop shuts down.
It happened several times so far, and there is a pattern; after I leave it for an hour or so, power saving activates, and then I start using it again for 10 - 15 minutes when ...
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Can I rename "All apps" on Windows 10 start menu back to "Accessories"?
"All Apps" on the Start Menu is not an intuitive name for me, so I would like to change the text to "Accessories". Is there a way to do this using the windows registry, or some other means? My OS is ...
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Acer Aspire One - Console Opens on Boot "Unable to open Display ' :0.0'
My mother just gave me her Laptop (Acer Aspire One ZG5) and showed me the following:
I tried to change the hostname, which should be a solution for this problem, but I've noticed that I havent got ...
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Acer Aspire 5742Z - Windows 10 driver
I tried to install Windows 10 on my Acer Aspire 5742Z which run perferctly under Windows 8.1. Problem is that the resolution is stuck at 1024x768, it has an Intel HD Graphics 300 chip and an Intel ...
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VN7 792G Black Edition with windows 7
I have managed to install windows 7 on VN7 792G Black Edition.
The last thing what's left is sound.
Realtek ALC255 sound card is not recognized, but It is detected on PCI bus.
I have been trying to ...
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