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Aspire is a line of personal computers made by Acer.

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Web Conferencing programs turn off Dolby Advanced Audio

Programs like GoToMeeting, Zoom, Skype turn off Dolby Advanced Audio (DAA) on my laptop when a call starts (why?). This makes the sound volume drop significantly. Later I have to turn it on manually. ...
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How to rename a UEFI boot entry?

I have some trouble with renaming the default UEFI boot manager entry on my acer laptop. When I bought the laptop there was a weird Linux distribution installed on it called "Linpus lite". I then ...
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Laptop power button not working but battery discharge pinhole button is starting the computer, what might be the issue here?

I have an Acer Aspire A515-51G, the issue is suddenly the power button has stopped working, the battery is charging, but the pinhole that they have given; pressing it, actually starts the computer; ...
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Windows 8 screen resolution on a acer aspire one 1366x768

I have just installed windows 8 on my acer aspire netbook, I made sure I had the required resolution of 1366x768. Once installed I can not get 1024x768, I tried downloading and installing the win 7 ...
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Boot from USB option not available in Acer Aspire ES1-132 boot menu

I have purchased Acer Aspire ES1-132. There is no legacy or UEFI option boot menu, only secure boot enable|disable option is available. I have given first priority to boot from USB but directly ...
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Acer ES1-411 stuck on boot screen - Windows 10

I have an Acer ES1-411, of a customer, with faulty HDD. I swiped old HDD with a newly bought one, but the Windows installation gets stuck on the boot screen, after first restart. I used a bootable ...
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Acer Aspire runs slow, black screens after logging in

I have and Acer Aspire laptop that's about 3-4 months old that is now running super slow. I takes five minutes to get to the login page and after logging in, it freezes right after saying welcome. ...
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How to install Linux Porteus on an Acer Aspire SW5-012?

I would like to install Linux Porteus on my Acer Aspire SW5-012 tablet. It has an atom processor which is 64-bit but a UEFI bootloader which is 32-bit. I was told that I could use Grub2 and make 64-...
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Advanced Boot Options menu opens every time I try to boot up my Acer Aspire S3 with Windows 7

Every time I start up my Acer Aspire S3 goes to the Advanced Boot Options menu. Selecting the 'Start Windows normally' option works fine - the machine boots up normally but it's just annoying that ...
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Acer Aspire Laptop E5-475-37MN where to find bios utility files to flash bios

When I turn on my laptop the only thing that works properly are the LED lights and the fan, it displays a black screen. I was thinking of flashing the bios using a usb drive with BIOS update utility ...
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How do I reset Aspire E5-571G Insyde BIOS supervisor password?

Problem: BIOS supervisor password that is forgotten. Manufacturer: Acer Model: Aspire E5-571G Architecture: 64 bit OS: Win 10 Motherboard: Acer EA50_HB(U3E1) BIOS.ver: Insyde Corp.V1....
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Replacing Dell touchpad drivers with Synaptic ones

I was temporarily using a budget Acer laptop for a while since my preferred Dell laptop had some h/w issues. Now that I got it back working I realized the touchpad driver on the cheap Acer was ...
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Acer Aspire E1-570 Black Screen, Faulty Bios?

Good morning everyone. I am having a bad time trying to fix my laptop Acer Aspire E1-570. I have a black screen of death, when I press the power button the fans start spinning for a second and then ...
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Deleted recovery partition from Acer Aspire Switch 10

I've done something wrong and deleted the recovery partition on my Acer Switch 10. I've done a lot of searches on google and a lot of tries, but I still can't boot the os. The problem is that at the ...
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Audio Issue: YouTube not playing background music

I've got an audio issue where YouTube videos are playing with the background music and noise removed, leaving only the speakers' voices audible. My device is a Windows laptop with RealTek audio. How ...
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Acer Aspire E1-430 - Operating System Not Found

I have a laptop Acer Aspire E1-430, but suddenly without me knowing what happened, an operating system not found occured that I can't use it anymore. I've tried a solution from the net to have it in ...
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Is there a way to activate Windows 7 when it's saying my license code is already in use?

I purchased an Acer Notebook about 3 years ago. It had a bunch of bloatware, and in general it was starting to slow down. I decided to try to reinstall the OS. I went on the Internet and got a copy of ...
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How do i check the thunderbolt port?

I have an acer aspire 7 A715-51G. On the spec sheet it says it has thunderbolt 4 and also on the port it has the small logo. But i can't see any drivers for thunderbolt nor can i see it in the intel ...
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How to get a .bin file from a BIOS .exe file to re-program the BIOS chip of an Acer Aspire XC-603, using a CH341 programmer?

I have a difficult question but quite simple to express......from Acer's download driver page I have a BIOS file. Unzipped it has an .exe file and a Flash.bat file etc. I gather to program a bios chip ...
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Screen went white on Acer Aspire laptop, shows only logo and then white takes over

Out of nowhere, my Acer Aspire laptop's screen went white and then I rebooted it and it only shows Aspire logo, and then goes white and then it boots into Linux Mint and for a split second shows Linux ...
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What are the parameters for an administrator or supervisor password for BIOS?

I am trying to find documentation regarding the parameters for an administrator or supervisor password for an Acer Aspire A514-53. How long can it be? Can I use special characters, or just numbers and ...
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How to proceed with with fTPM error message during boot?

Yesterday starting my ACER laptop I've got on the screen a blue strip with this text: Press Y to reset fTPM, if you have Bitlocker or encryption-enabled system, the system will not boot without a ...
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Acer Aspire RTC/CMOS battery location

TL;DR Where is the RTC/CMOS battery of the Acer Aspire 1410 located? I have an old Acer Aspire 1410 which I want to use (Don't ask why :) ). The problem is that it throws an error when started only on ...
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Can't boot from Windows 10 USB stick: Black screen with blinking cursor

Having an about 10 year old i7 machine, I want to re-install Windows 10 Pro over the existing Win10 Education installation using a USB stick. But when booting the Win10 iso, I only get a black screen ...
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How to do transmission and reception using aux cable when it configured as line-in?

Setup I am using : on transmitted end, a laptop is connected to mobile phone using TRS aux cable in the headphone jacks of both and same in the reception side also. now, I calling from one end to send ...
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Why is my memory at 65% usage when I'm not running any programs?

I don't know why my memory is showing 65% usage even though I'm not running any programs. And sometimes it's stuck. My laptop specifications: Acer Aspire VX 15 OS : Windows 10 x64 lastest ...
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Acer Aspire Easystore H340 Has No Power

So, I turned off my Aspire Easystore H340 last night now it has no power (I know its over 10 years old). No lights, fans, etc when pressing the power button. I took it apart and put back to together ...
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Is there an Acer battery management tool that limits the battery charge? Should I even bother?

I have a personal laptop (Lenovo Z470) at home and what I like about it is that its battery management software has a setting called "Best Battery Health" which makes the laptop stop charging at 50% ...
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Where are the BIOS password reset jumpers on a Acer Aspire 4810T?

I need to change the boot order on an old Acer Aspire 4410/4810T laptop that I have, but as soon as I hit F2 on startup it asks me for a BIOS password. I have no clue as to what the password is. I ...
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Aspire 3 maximal external monitor resolution

I am not sure if the Aspire 3 Laptop (Aspire A317-51G) supports an external display with 4k resolution over HDMI. The manufacturer information does not specify the maximum external resolution or the ...
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Bluetooth problems. Intel Dual Band Wireless AC-7260

Yesterday I installed new WIFI-Bluetooth adapter into my laptop. It is Intel Dual Band Wireless AC-7260.(Mini PCI-E) I installed all drivers (for bluetooth and WiFi) from Intel website, but BT adapter ...
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Acer "Empowerment" Backup

I need to learn how the Acer "Empowerment" backup actually works. Brought in today in August: The customer had done a complete backup in January, with incremental backups almost every week ...
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Laptop is very slow even after reformat

I have a laptop (Asus Aspire A515-51G). When I first purchased it ran fairly fast but is now super slow (slow to start the OS, slow to open applications, slow to run applications). My first fix ...
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Laptop screen flashing vertical lines

my laptop sometimes flash vertical lines on the screen. It happens very random. When I restart the laptop it stops. I bought it 9 months ago. It still has guarantee but they already kept my laptop ...
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Acer Aspire F5-573G: black screen, fan running - worked once after CMOS battery reset

I'm trying to fix a Acer Aspire F5-573G which suddenly stopped working. When pressing the power button, the fan runs for a moment, and then the system powers off. I suspected the BIOS, so I removed ...
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Acer aspire 3 A315-54 install windows

I just bought an Acer aspire 3 A315-54 and I do not see my SSD in diskpart or even on a live Ubuntu. I can only see EFI_SHELL as a boot option from BIOS. Dose this mean a hardware failure or why am I ...
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acer aspire 4736g shut down unexpectedly

My laptop currently has some weird issues. My laptop shuts down without bluescreen. It happened randomly. I don't think it should Be overheating problem because I've just applied new thermal paste ...
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Is there a way to set my computer's resolution to 1366X768?

Because of this statement: "The resolution that supports all the features of Windows 8, including multitasking with snap, is 1366x768." found here: Link I tried to set the resolution on my ...
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SSD upgrade from M.2 SATA to NVME for Acer Aspire VX5-591G?

My laptop Acer Aspire VX5-591G-72DL came with following storage options - 128GB M.2 SATA SSD and 1TB HDD Is it possible to upgrade the 128GB SATA SSD to a 1TB NVME SSD, preferably a Samsung EVO 970 ...
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Speaker creates distorted sound on certain battry level acer

The problem started with my speakers sound being distorted when connected to the charger for a few seconds. If I disconnect it from the charges, the sound would get back to normal. After a while, I ...
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Acer Aspire 5532 - Charger problems?

My Acer Aspire 5532 laptop does not charge. I think it is a connectivity issue. It started when the laptop refused to charge unless the power cord/charger was jiggled into a set of random positions/...
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Can I combine DDR4 and DDR4-L in my laptop?

I have ACER Laptop with 4GB DDR4 2133MHZ RAM. I want to add another 8GB RAM. However, I cannot find DDR4 8GB RAM in 2133MHZ in my local area. However, I found 8GB DDR4-L 2133MHZ RAM. Can I use it in ...
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Acer Aspire V5-571G Recovery Partition

I bought an Acer Aspire V5-571pg early last year. I remembered at the time that the C drive was too big. I normally have a large collection of data which I store in the E (data) drive away from the OS ...
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Cannot install Windows 10/Zorin on eMMC drive | Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 14 (AO1-431-C8KZ)

I got this Cloudbook from a friend and it's been impossible to install Windows 10/Zorin on its 32 GB eMMC drive. It's not detected by the Windows installer on UEFI boot mode, and on Legacy boot it ...
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Recovery disk of Acer Aspire not working, also deleted recovery partition

I'm using an Acer Aspire 5742g. It is under warranty, but by mistake I had deleted the recovery partition on the hard disk, which was around about 13-14 GB in size. I had created recovery discs ...
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Acer Aspire 5552G turns on only after multiple attempts

I have an Acer Aspire 5552G laptop with a strange power-up problem. When I press the power button, the power light comes on (hard disk activity and wifi lights stay off) and nothing happens after that,...
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Acer Aspire E5-571G shows black screen after Acer logo

I have been on windows 10 for 10 months now. Yesterday, i turned my laptop off and back on, it showed the Acer logo then entered a black screen with just the mouse cursor. I attempted to go into safe ...
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Acer Aspire 4830TG - Windows 10 32 bit

The problem is that the laptop keyboard has stopped working. To solve this problem I purchased a Rapoo wired keyboard. However, it doesn't possess a function key. Although I have Wi-Fi access I am not ...
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Acer Aspire 5742 - Black screen on boot

Having trouble with an Acer Aspire 5742. After pressing the power button the screen backlight comes on but it stays black. The Windows(7) chime sounds and when plugged into an external VGA display ...
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Why is my computer slow (usually on startup) even though Task Manager doesn't show anything terrible?

For the past few months, my computer has been running slow on startup. This only happens every now and then, and it seems completely random. It sometimes goes away for a week or two, but then comes ...

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