Acer Aspire One AO532h Support Question
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Question posted by kaZass on May 24th, 2014
Acer Aspire One 532h Wont Boot And I Want To Save Data
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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on July 11th, 2014 4:49 PM
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As long as the problem isn't the hard drive (which it's likely not -- see below) you should be able to save your data.
Usually when a laptop won't power on, it's because of one of four things: the battery, the battery charger/AC adapter, the power board/battery charging board (if the laptop has one), or the motherboard.
You can attempt to rule out the battery by attaching the AC adapter and trying to turn the laptop on. If the laptop turns on when on AC power but won't turn on with the battery, then one of two things is happening: either the battery is bad, or the charger is bad and the battery has run down. If the laptop won't turn on with or without the AC adapter plugged in, then the battery is not the problem. If your AC adapter has an LED on it, you can often tell if the adapter isn't working because the LED won't light up. (However, just because the LED does come on doesn't mean the adapter is working as it should.)
If it doesn't seem to be either the charger/adapter or the battery, then you're probably looking at either the power board or motherboard. If you are comfortable taking the laptop apart, you might want to try replacing the power board, which is the board that the charger plugs into. Amazon.com sells power boards (also sometimes called power jack boards) for many laptops for between $15 and $30.
The motherboard is a more expensive option to replace, so a good rule of thumb is to try the less expensive parts first. If it still won't power on, you may have a bad motherboard, in which case it might be cheaper to get a new laptop than have the motherboard repaired or replaced.
Usually when a laptop won't power on, it's because of one of four things: the battery, the battery charger/AC adapter, the power board/battery charging board (if the laptop has one), or the motherboard.
You can attempt to rule out the battery by attaching the AC adapter and trying to turn the laptop on. If the laptop turns on when on AC power but won't turn on with the battery, then one of two things is happening: either the battery is bad, or the charger is bad and the battery has run down. If the laptop won't turn on with or without the AC adapter plugged in, then the battery is not the problem. If your AC adapter has an LED on it, you can often tell if the adapter isn't working because the LED won't light up. (However, just because the LED does come on doesn't mean the adapter is working as it should.)
If it doesn't seem to be either the charger/adapter or the battery, then you're probably looking at either the power board or motherboard. If you are comfortable taking the laptop apart, you might want to try replacing the power board, which is the board that the charger plugs into. Amazon.com sells power boards (also sometimes called power jack boards) for many laptops for between $15 and $30.
The motherboard is a more expensive option to replace, so a good rule of thumb is to try the less expensive parts first. If it still won't power on, you may have a bad motherboard, in which case it might be cheaper to get a new laptop than have the motherboard repaired or replaced.
Related Acer Aspire One AO532h Manual Pages
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 7
Table of Contents
System Specifications
1
Features 1 System Block Diagram 4 Your Acer Notebook tour 5
Front View 5 Closed Front View 6 Left View 6 Right View 7 Rear ...System Utilities
21
BIOS Setup Utility 21 Navigating the BIOS Utility 21 Information 22 Main 23 Security 24 Boot 27 Exit 28
BIOS Flash Utility 29 DOS Flash Utility 30 WinFlash Utility 32
Remove HDD/BIOS Password...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 15
... Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD), displays
computer output.
4
Power button/
Turns the computer on and off. Chapter 1
5 indicator
5
Keyboard
For entering data into your new computer.
Front View
No. Webcam
2
Microphone
Internal microphone for video communication.
Your Acer Notebook tour
After learning about your computer features, let us show you around your computer.
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 23
....
+ < >
Brightness up
Increases the screen brightness.
+ < >
Brightness down
Decreases the screen brightness.
+ < >
Volume up
Increases the sound volume.
+ < >
Volume down
Decreases the sound volume. Launches Acer ePower Management in the hotkey combination.
Press any key to save power. To activate hotkeys, press and hold the key before pressing the other key in...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 27
...
Bytes per sector
Data heads
2
Drive Format
Disks Spindle speed (RPM) Performance Specifications
1 5400
Buffer size (MB) Interface Fast data transfer rate (Mbits/ sec, max) Media data transfer rate (Gbytes...
Specification InsydeH20 V0.12_Mac Flash 1 MB • Support ISIPP • Support Acer UI • Support multi-boot • Suspend to RAM (S3)/Disk (S4) • Various hot-keys...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 31
...menu are six menu options: Information, Main, Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit.
NOTE: You can also press F10 to save any menu, you do not need to enter Setup message is a hardware...). If you may need to parameter values.
However, if you encounter configuration problems, you want to change the value of a parameter if it is already properly configured and optimized, and...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 32
... summary of HDD installed on primary IDE master. InsydeH20 Setup Utility Information Main Security Boot Exit
Rev. 3.5
CPU Type CPU Speed
HDD Model Name: HDD Serial Number:... None
V0.12_Mac Intel V1818
NAV50 Acer 214885A9CE9611DD8F470026226EA389
F1 Help ESC Exit
Select Item F5/F6 Change Values
F9 Setup Default
Select Menu Enter Select SubMenu F10 Save and Exit
NOTE: The system information...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 33
... disables the system boot from 0 to 23.REDUCE /INCREASE: F5/F6
F1 Help ESC Exit
Select Item F5/F6 Change Values
F9 Setup Default
Select Menu Enter Select SubMenu F10 Save and Exit
NOTE... Specific Help
This is fixed to set the system time and date as well as enable and disable boot option and recovery.
The hours are the default and suggested parameter settings. Main
The Main screen allows...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 34
...Is User Password Is HDD Password IS Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Set Hdd Password Password on Boot
Clear Clear Clear
[Disabled]
Item Specific Help
Install or Change the password and the length of the... Change Values
F9 Setup Default
Select Menu Enter Select SubMenu F10 Save and Exit
The table below describes the parameters in this password protects the BIOS Setup Utility from ...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 35
...(A-Z, a-z, 0-9, not case sensitive). Chapter 2
25 Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility. If desired, you have changed the settings, press u ....
IMPORTANT:Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on boot parameter. 5. The
Set Password box appears:
Set Supervisor Password
Enter Current Password [
]
Enter New...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 36
...the screen displays the following . Setup Notice
Changes have been saved.
[Continue]
The password setting is OK, the screen will show you the Setup Warning. Use the ↑...Re-enter password. [Continue]
26
Chapter 2 Changing a Password
1. When you can enable the Password on boot parameter. 6. If the verification is complete after the user presses Enter. After setting the password, the computer...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 37
...ESC Exit
Select Item F5/F6 Change Values
F9 Setup Default
Select Menu Enter Select SubMenu F10 Save and Exit
Chapter 2
27 IDE1 : 3. USB CDROM :
Use < > or < ... a device, then press to move it up the list. InsydeH20 Setup Utility Information Main Security Boot Exit
Rev. 3.5
Boot priority order:
Item Specific Help
1. USB HDD : 6. Bootable devices includes the USB diskette drives...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 38
....
InsydeH20 Setup Utility Information Main Security Boot Exit
Rev. 3.5
Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes
Item Specific Help
Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS. Load previous values from CMOS for all SETUP items. Save Setup Data to CMOS. Parameter Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 40
... Specific Help
1. Network Boot : LAN 5. Press to use the DOS Flash Utility: 1. IDE1 : 3. The flash process begins as shown.
4. DOS Flash Utility
Perform the following steps to escape the menu
F1 Help ESC Exit
Select Item F5/F6 Change Values
F9 Setup Default
Select Menu Enter Select SubMenu F10 Save and Exit
3.
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 45
...to eeprom to display the usage screen.
3. When the BIOS displays Verifying DMI pool data it is checking the table correlates with the hardware before sending to be used in the... • dmitools /wa xxxx ==> Write asset tag to eeprom
IMPORTANT:The following steps: 1. To use Boot Sequence Selector, perform the following write examples (2 to 5) require a system reboot to HDD|CD ROM|LAN...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 46
... to eeprom: 1. Example 1: Read DMI Information from Memory Input:
dmitools /r Output:
Manufacturer (Type1, Offset04h): Acer Product Name (Type1, Offset05h): Aspire one xxxxx Serial Number (Type1, Offset07h): 01234567890123456789 UUID String (Type1, Offset08h): xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Asset Tag (Type3, Offset04h): Acer Asstag
Example 2: Write Product Name to EEPROM Input:
dmitools /wp...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 132
... 0x7A 0x90 0x91 0x92 0x93 0x94 0x95 0x98 0x99 0x9A 0x9B 0xB8 0xB9 0xBB 0xE4 0xF8 0xF9
Description Report the legacy boot is happening Wake up the Aps Initialize SMM Private Data and relocate BSP SMBASE PC init begin at the stage1 Report every memory range do the hard ware ECC init...
Acer Aspire One 532h Netbook Series Service Guide - Page 225
...
B
Battery Pack
Removing 42 Replacing 102
BIOS
ROM size 17 ROM type 17 vendor 17 Version 17 BIOS Utility 21-29 Advanced 24 Boot 27 Exit 28 Navigating 21 Save and Exit 28 Security 24 System Security 28
Bluetooth Module
Removing 60 Replacing 92
Board Layout
Top View 127
brightness
hotkeys 13...
Acer Aspire One 532H Netbook Series Start Guide - Page 3
A. Acer Representative 1-254-298-4000 1-254-298-4147
JV01_PT_QG_win7.indd 3
2009/11/3 下午 03:42:24...Part 15 of responsible party:
Contact person: Phone No.: Fax No.: October 29, 2009
Notebook PC acer NAV50 Aspire one series AO532xxxxxx (x stands for 0-9, a-z or blank) Acer America Corporation 333 West San Carlos St., San Jose CA 95110, U. Operation is responsible for this device...
Acer Aspire One 532H Netbook Series Start Guide - Page 4
... Rd., Hsichih, Taipei Hsien 221, Taiwan Contact Person: Mr. Easy Lai, e-mail:easy_lai@acer.com.tw
And, Acer Europe SA Via Cantonale, Centro Galleria 2 6928 Manno Switzerland
Hereby declare that: Product: Notebook Computer Trade Name: Acer Model Number: NAV50 Machine Type: Aspire one series SKU Number: AO532xxxxxx ("x" = 0~9, a ~ z, or A ~ Z)
Is compliant with the essential requirements...
Acer Aspire One 532H Netbook Series Start Guide - Page 9
...LCD), displays computer output.
4
Power button/
Turns the computer on / WiFi off .
Your Aspire One tour
After setting up your computer as illustrated in the Just for starters section, let us ....
6
Power indicator Indicates the computer's power
status.
indicator
5
Keyboard
For entering data into your new Acer notebook. Blue light on Orange light on Not lit
3G on / WiFi on 3G...
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