aspire 7520

[casper1690]

my 7520 wnt load up it clicks on then just starts flashing. wont bring nothing up. any ideas worked ok but has did this and nothing for a week not even a windows vista sign. pls help need pics of it as 4got to back it up

[johnnybeast]

Hello mate,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble, just to clarify, what flashes on the laptop when you power it up?

It's possible that the solder on the graphics / system chip (MPC67MV-A2) has gone dry causing it not to show anything on the screen.

If that is the case, your data should be safe, if you purchase a SATA 2.5" USB caddy from somewhere then take your hard drive out the laptop and put it into there, you should be able to access the data.

Alternatively, get the system IC reworked properly (please don't use a hot air gun, they cause more damage than good) you'll have a working laptop again.

I do have a rework station and could get it sorted for you if you wanted, I'm not trying to promote myself on here, just trying to help people

J.

[stevieboy10]

my 7520 wnt load up it clicks on then just starts flashing. wont bring nothing up. any ideas worked ok but has did this and nothing for a week not even a windows vista sign. pls help need pics of it as 4got to back it up

TRY THIS 1ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sounds like your stuck on standby bud. u will need to hard reset lappy.
remove charger and battery hold down power button for 30 secs- let go (obv)-insert battery and charger- then turn back on, this is how to hard reset any acer aspire. i have 2 6920g's and a 6935g your data will be safe if you apply this method.

[casper1690]

will get back to use asap as away working to sun. p.s could i if poss put hhd in othere acer laptop and just copy the files?? is it easy to swap hhds from laptops. as its easy with towers as have dne loads

[stevieboy10]

will get back to use asap as away working to sun. p.s could i if poss put hhd in othere acer laptop and just copy the files?? is it easy to swap hhds from laptops. as its easy with towers as have dne loads

you could but where u gonna save them to?? would need to be a memory stick etc. after that u could format the hdd completley in the 7520 and save pics to it

[johnnybeast]

You could put the hard drive into another laptop, it would work if the laptop has the same chipset - it'll blue screen if it's not the same chipset manufacture, part of Microsoft's anti-copy system.

But like Stevieboy says, you've gotta have somewhere to save them to!

If you have a working desktop PC with SATA on board, you could connect the hard drive to that temporarily to save your pictures. Just connect a SATA data and SATA power cable to the hard drive then power the computer up, your drive will appear in 'My Computer'.

J.

[casper1690]

thanx guys will do that. i do have a 500 hdd external. so would use that. my tower has a 2t hdd so cn copy from that. would i have to buy new lead to copy the files to my hhd. a new sata lead or are they the same connections as towers?? going to sort it sun or monday

[johnnybeast]

Yes mate, the connectors are the same. If you have a SATA DVD drive, you can use those cables.

J.