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"System is ready to into shipping mode" after changing settings in BIOS?

I own an Acer Aspire 3 A315-42 R7AP laptop and today my brother entered the bios to change a Function keys setting. After pressing F10 to save and restart he got the following message: System is ...
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How to disable Secure Boot on an Acer Aspire 3 laptop?

I have a new laptop: Acer Aspire 3, model A315-51-318M. I can enter BIOS by pressing F2 at laptop startup. On the Boot tab there is the Secure Boot enabled and I need to disable it. The problem is ...
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Boot from USB not working - Acer Aspire E1-522

I've been trying to boot a Windows 7 (yup) USB in this laptop, but neither using UEFI nor Legacy boot would work. In UEFI, always boot the HD even if it's last in priority list. In Legacy boot, ...
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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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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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My new Acer Aspire 7 doesn't have a Legacy Boot option, what can I do to get it?

I am greatly disappointed by this fact, as I need Legacy Boot in order to boot into Linux OS via an USB port. Well, I only have UEFI. I've considered two options thus far: I install Linux distros in ...
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Can I replace a SODIMM SDRAM with SODIMM DRAM in my laptop

Can I replace a SODIMM SDRAM with SODIMM DRAM in my Acer aspire 5742g? I want to update my memory, but all this types are confusing me. I looked at my computers memory and it says it has a SODIMM ...
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Which is best for ReadyBoost? SD card or USB? Which would have better performance? [closed]

Would it be better to use a USB or a SD card as use for ReadyBoost? I run windows 7 on a acer aspire laptop. It has a built in SD-card reader, and usb 2.0 ports.
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How to get an Acer Aspire Revo to connect to the wireless keyboard and mouse?

I just got a new Asus Aspire Revo, put the batteries in the wireless keyboard and mouse, but I can't get the system to recognize either. What am I doing wrong? Note: There are next to no instructions ...
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Acer Aspire E1-572G won't wake up from sleep

I have this laptop at work, Acer Aspire E1-572G, and whenever it sleeps, it does not want to wake up whatever I do. I put it to sleep by closing the lid or FN + ALT + F4. I tried of course opening ...
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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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when my laptop battery is fully charged should i unplug charger and let the battery discharge? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it better to use a laptop on battery or on AC power? I was wondering if when a laptop battery is full charged if one should unplug it and let the battery discharge or it ...
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Front panel pins not identified on motherboard - Acer RS740DVF

I had to exchange the case for an Acer Aspire M1201. The motherboard used in that build is an Acer RS740DVF. The trouble I'm having is that neither could I find a service or user manual for that ...
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How do I correctly apply thermal paste on a laptop CPU with a small surface area?

I watched several videos on YouTube, went through a lot of overclocking forums and websites, but I am yet to find a "correct" answer to this question. Some agree with the "pea method" where you apply ...
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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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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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How to Backup an Acer Aspire One Recovery Partition?

Acer Aspire One has a 13 GB Recovery Partition. Is it possible to backup this partition to a network share? If so, how do I do that?
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is a mini PCIe SSD worth it?

Question: Is getting a mini-PCIe worth investing in? Info: I have a an Acer Aspire 1 n270. It has this mini PCIe slot that is just sitting there empty. I would like to change this, and I would like ...
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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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Disabling Keyboard Wakeup for Ubuntu 10.04 on Acer 1810TZ

My Acer Aspire 1810TZ laptop suspends fine but wakes up on any slight key-press. I would like to disable this behaviour. I read that it involves disabling something in the /proc/acpi/wakeup but SLPB ...
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Laptop turning off when fan is spinning hard

My laptop seems to have reach its lifespan. Its an Acer laptop so I guess that's normal. But I'd like to hear your opinions about this. My laptop is only 2 years old. I haven't heard the fan spinning ...
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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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How do I install Windows 7 32-bit on a UEFI-based system?

I own Acer M5 recently and it comes with 64-bit Windows 8. I need it to run Windows 7 x86. I changed the BIOS setting to boot under Legacy BOOT instead of UEFI mode. I created my bootable USB using ...
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Acer beeps 3 times - take bios battery out and works for one boot only then same problem

I have a Acer T180 AMD Athlon 64 x2 When I try and turn it on it just beeps 3 times and pauses before doing 3 beeps again. If you take the bios battery out and put straight back in it boots up fine -...
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SSD: keep unallocated space?

I've a new Acer Aspire ES1 15 Windows 10 laptop with 256GB SSD. I've heard that with SSD it's best to leave as much free space as possible, to extend drive working like. Need I keep an unallocated "...
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How To Recover My Data From Not Detected Hard Disk?

I am using Acer Laptop one day before my Hard Disk is not detected in BIOS and not booting it's shows Insert Boot Disk and I am try another H.D.D it's boot perfectly in my Laptop but,I want detect and ...
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How to turn off the Acer Aspire 7738 Power Button LED light?

The Acer Aspire 7738 has a large blue light emitting power button, top left on the keyboard. Its light is rather distracting and I want to turn it off. How can I disable this light?
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After installation windows 10, touchpad gestures stopped working

Bought an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G with endless OS and decided to install windows 10. As a aftermath - gestures on my touchpad stopped works. Any suggestions?
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Camera issues on Acer Aspire Timeline

I have strange issues with my webcam. In browser it works just fine (in Flash, for example). But when I go to Skype options it says I don't have any webcams. I can see webcam in device manager and it ...
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Broken screen & disabled display in Acer v5 series Windows 8 PC

I really need help. I was so stupid and I only had one Intel graphics card. I disabled it in my Acer Aspire v5 laptop, not knowing it would not function without it. The problem is when I turn on my ...
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Boot From USB On Acer Aspire 3

I got an Acer Aspire 3 laptop and want to boot a different OS than Windows 10 from USB. I have gone into the BIOS and went to change the boot order so it checks the USB first, but no option exists ...
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How to disable or remove Intel SMM?

I have successfully removed Intel ME from the firmware by reflashing the BIOS using corna's tool: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner However I am still concerned about SMM. Intel ME and AMT ...
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How do I find which touchpad driver I need for my Acer Aspire 5720?

I had to reinstall Windows XP on my Acer Aspire 5720 and now I'm reinstalling all the drivers. There are two touchpad drivers -- Alps and Synaptics. I ran the program Acer provides to detect your ...
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Where can I download the ACER Aspire X1300 Chipset driver for Windows 7 x32?

Where can I download the ACER the Aspire X1300 Chipset driver for Windows 7 x32? On the Acer website it only has x64 downloads. What is the consequence if I use the Vista x64 instead?
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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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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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Screen losing saturation on acer Aspire 5742Z

I bought an acer Aspire 5742Z laptop (with a Intel HD 128 MB GFX card) back in May 2011 and I think I'm starting to see a problem with the screen. I first noticed it last night and again this morning. ...
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Windows 7 misses keystrokes from internal keyboard after hibernation on Acer Aspire 5820

After waking my computer (Acer Aspire with the factory default Windows 7 install and divers, Windows update running) from hibernation, it is a pain to type, since on average 5-10 keypresses are ...
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Need more clarification on upgrading to 4GB on an Acer Aspire 5102WLMI

In one of the questions before (from October 2009) the question has been answered how to get an ACER Aspire 5102WLMI with 4GB of memory up and running beyond POST. I have exactly that problem, but don’...
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Is it fine to exit the NVIDIA Tray Icon?

I was under the impression that NVIDIA is a "native" thing and is thus important to be kept running. But even after I've exited it, I don't realize anything wrong with my computer.. But of course I ...
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How can I prevent my computer from hijacking the F10 Key?

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire 1080. When I try to debug a program in Visual Studio on this laptop, and attempt to use the F10 hotkey for the "Step Over" command, something else hijacks the ...
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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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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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How do we retrieve data from an unbootable computer? [duplicate]

Guys I'm in a big pinch right now. My computer (32-bit Vista Home Premium sp2) refuses to boot up (it keeps crashing with an error code 0x7b). I don't care about the computer right now but I need to ...
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I couldn't find linux drivers

I have a Acer Aspire 5030 laptop and i'm noob for Linux systems. i'm running this code lspci -n and pasting results to here : http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ But i don't know what should i do know ...
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wireless network disconnects repeatedly

I have bought acer VN7 for a few days. The wireless network connects for a 15 minutes and then disconnects for a few minutes and so on. I have tried alot such uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, ...
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How do I enable the scroll option on my Acer Aspire laptop?

I have an Acer Aspire 5532, and it used to have a scroll option on it, on the side of the touchpad. I used a regular mouse plugged into the USB drive for a while, with the touchpad disabled, but it ...
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Acer aspire 3 dark camera

I have acer aspire 3 a315-51 that has win10 x64. I was speaking with my friend on zoom perfectly but then the cameras became dark! It's not off, but I can only see my face only if I make it very ...
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Windows 10 error : System thread exception not handled

I am using an Acer Aspire 4710 machine with a 32 bit Intel Core Duo processor 1.86GHz clock speed. The RAM is only 1 GB. I was using Debian stretch OS on this system. But today I changed to Windows ...
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Acer Aspire V5 wifi connection drops & proximity issue

I am having a weird problem on Windows 10 with my wireless adapter recently. My wifi connections perform very poorly when my laptop is not in line-of-sight with the router. As soon as there is ...
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