[ubuntu-uk] dead netbook

[Bruce Beardall]

Thanks for the replies Rob and Kris.

Unfortunately, no joy. Looks like I'll have to get hold of the repair
centre.

If I have an update I'll add it here for reference.

Cheers

Bruce


2009/9/8 Kris Douglas <krisdouglas at gmail.com>

> What Rob said, thats exactly what happens when the bios fails. Link
> posted works a treat.
>
> 2009/9/8 Bruce Beardall <bruce72 at gmail.com>:
> > Thanks Rob
> >
> > I'll have to wait until this evening but I'll give it a go.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> > 2009/9/8 Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>
> >>
> >> Bruce Beardall wrote:
> >> > Pressed the power button on my Acer Aspire One this morning and the
> >> > button light goes on followed by the whirring of the fan but that's
> >> > it. Not even a BIOS to hack into.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > Anyone heard of this happening to other Aspire Ones?
> >> >
> >> > It's currently got Jaunty installed which was running fine - the only
> >> > different thing I've done was play with a live USB Puppy Linux
> >> > yesterday evening. Seems unlikely that that fried everything.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> > Bruce
> >> >
> >> Hi Bruce,
> >>
> >> I've heard about Aspire One machines dying before, IIRC it was something
> >> to do with the BIOS.  You could try this -
> >> http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-one-bios-recovery.html
> >>
> >> Worth a shot, and it appears it can be done through Linux (just put the
> >> files on a FAT formatted USB stick).
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
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