Acer Aspire M3100 Support Question
Acer Aspire M3100 Support Question
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Question posted by dasam on July 9th, 2014
Acer Aspire M3100 Won't Boot
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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on August 26th, 2014 3:04 AM
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Often when a computer won't turn on, it's because one of two components has failed: either the power supply unit or the motherboard (assuming you've ruled out the power coming in from the wall or surge protector as the problem). It could be something else, like a wire, but those two are the most likely possibilities.
Power supplies are generally not terribly expensive, compared to other components. If you're not getting any power at all, the power supply is a likely culprit. It's a much cheaper option to try than the motherboard. If you have a voltmeter or a power supply tester, you can check the power supply to verify that it's not supplying any power.
The motherboard is expensive to replace, so if you think the motherboard is the problem (if you've tried the power supply or ruled it out as the problem) it might be cheaper to get a new computer than have the motherboard repaired or replaced.
Power supplies are generally not terribly expensive, compared to other components. If you're not getting any power at all, the power supply is a likely culprit. It's a much cheaper option to try than the motherboard. If you have a voltmeter or a power supply tester, you can check the power supply to verify that it's not supplying any power.
The motherboard is expensive to replace, so if you think the motherboard is the problem (if you've tried the power supply or ruled it out as the problem) it might be cheaper to get a new computer than have the motherboard repaired or replaced.
Related Acer Aspire M3100 Manual Pages
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 1
Angora AM50/AM30/AM10 Service Guide
Service guide files and updates are available on the AIPG/CSD web; for more information,
please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw
PRINTED IN TAIWAN
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 3
..., repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in any form or by Acer Incorporated. No part of this manual is sold or licensed "as is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Acer is ". Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to change without the...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 5
...not be covered in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide. add-on your Acer office may have decided to those given in this information and the product it will NOT... for repair and service of a machine (e.g. Preface
Before using this generic service guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your regional web or channel. In such cases, please contact your regional office...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 7
...AM10 9 Front Panel 9 Rear Panel 10 Acer Empowering Technology 11 Empowering Technology password 11 Acer eRecovery Management 11 Acer eDataSecurity Management 12 Acer ePerformance Management 14 Acer eRecovery 15 Create Backup 15 Restore from ...CD 15 Re-install Bundled Software without CD 15 Change Password 16 Acer Disc-to-Disc Recovery 17 Restore without a Recovery CD 17 Multilingual...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 8
... Features 29 Virus Warning 29 CPU Internal Cache/External Cache 29 Quick Power On Self Test 30 First / Second / Third Boot Device 30 Boot Other Device 30 Boot Up Floppy Seek 30 Boot Up NumLock Status 30 Gate A20 Option 30 Typematic Rate Setting 30 Security Option 30 APIC Mode 30 MPS Version Control...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 9
... Type 36 USB EHCI Controller 36 OnChip USB Controller 37 OnChip USB KBC Controller 37 USB Mouse Support 37 Onboard LAN Controller 37 Onboard Lan Boot ROM 37 Onboard 1394 Controller 37 Super IO Device 38 Onboard FDC Controller 38 Onboard Serial Port 1 38 Onboard Serial Port 2 38 UART Mode Select...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 21
... Management, you will be prompted to do so. If you do not initialize the Empowering Technology password, you must initialize the Empowering Technology password. The Acer eRecovery Management utility supports Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Wallop 2, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, Business, and...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 22
... to decrypt it. Note: If your files from being accessed by unauthorized persons. If you lose both passwords, there will prompt you can choose to Acer eRecovery Management.
To ensure the best results when you recover a system by default, or you for MSN Messenger and Microsoft Outlook.
For more information, please...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 24
... and files • Speed optimization: to improve the usability and performance of your computer does not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management's System backup to optical disk feature to burn a backup image to release unused memory and disk space quickly. Note: If your...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 25
...
Users can create and save a backup of the following functions: 1. Please follow the steps below to create factory default image CD. 1. Boot to open the Acer eRecovery utility. 3. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery settings and click Next. 5. Restore from hard drive, CD, or DVD. Please follow the steps below to quickly...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 26
...Acer eRecovery password and click Next. In the Recovery settings window, select Re-install applications / drivers and click Next. 6. In the Acer...Acer eRecovery and Acer disc-to bring up the software content window. In the Acer eRecovery window, select Recovery actions and Next. 5. After the first launch, Acer...in Acer eRecovery. 1. Follow the steps below to open the Acer eRecovery utility....
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 27
...important to the language version you purchase your system. Turn on the system. 1. Acer's multilingual operating system selection menu will pop up all data will be erased. ...Multilingual Operating System Installation
Follow the instructions to enter the recovery process. 3.
While the Acer logo comes out, press + to choose the operating system and language you prefer when ...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 32
..., ESCD 1.03, PnP 1.0a, Bootable CD-ROM 1.0 • Boot from CD-ROM feature: yes • LS-120 FDD drive support: yes • BIOS boot block feature: yes • Supports Microsoft SLP 2.0 for Windows Vista
Note... List
Hotkey DEL
Description
To enter BIOS Setup Utility: press the DEL key while the system is booting to 90% RH, non-condensing at 40oC
5 ~ 500Hz, 2.20g RMS random, 10 minutes per...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 37
... main menu setting page. Phoenix - Product Information
This page displays product information about your system. Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Product Information
Product Name System S/N
Aspire M5188
Help Item
Mainboard ID
F690CVM
Menu Level X
Asset Tag Number
System BIOS Version
6.00PC
SMBIOS Version
2.4
System BIOS ID
721A1D04
BIOS Release Date
03...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 38
...show the current date and time set on the computer.
At defaults All, But Keyboard, the boot will identify the type of floppy disk drive A that has been installed.
Halt On
This ...item determines whether the system stops or not if an error occurs during system boot-up time. You can press ESC to return to these items are automatically updated whenever you are ...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 39
...Self Test
[Enabled]
First Boot Device
[Hard Disk]
Second Boot Device
[CDROM]
Third Boot Device
[Disabled]
Boot Other Device
[Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek
[Disabled]
Boot Up Num Lock Status
[...
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
[Non-OS2]
HDD S.M.A.R.T.
Capability
[Disabled]
Silent Boot
[Enabled]
Small Logo (EPA) Show
[Disabled]
Configuration Table
[Disabled]
Bootblock Write Protect...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 40
... must elapse before a held -down key begins generating repeat characters. First / Second / Third Boot Device
Use this item to set the Typematic Rate and the Typematic Delay settings for DRAM > ...APIC provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for even faster access by a held -down key. Boot Up NumLock Status
This item defines if the keyboard NumLock key is active when your system hardware...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 41
.... S.M.A.R.T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer.
Silent Boot
This item enables or disables the Silent Boot function. Bootblock Write Protect
When enabled, Boot block write protection allows the boot block area to be protected by a write-protect pin. HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability
The S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 43
... ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. The user information of peripherals that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up.
However, if any program writes to state their default values unless you may result.
Phoenix -
Memory Hole
You can reserve this area of system...
Aspire M1100/3100/5100 Power M3100 Service Guide - Page 93
...printed service guide. You MUST use the local FRU list provided by your Acer office may have a different part number code from those given in global configuration ...Acer office on how to -date information available on the printed service guide. Chapter 6
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List
This chapter offers the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) list in the FRU list of Angora AM5610 and AM3610 desktop...
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