Acer Aspire 8930g won't post

[goob]

Hello

 

I have an Acer Aspire 8930g wich won't post.

It was given to me by a friend for repair. I noticed a bad connection where the power supply plugs in and when i opened i i saw the two ground wires had been cut from the connector.

I soldered the ground connection and power seems ok, the machine turns on, the screen turns on, there is a cursor for a little, and then another cursor (both very brief) and the machine stops there. It won't post, it won't do anything.

 

I've tried a 'power reset' as asus calls it in its support faq but nothing. I've tried removing and reinstalling cpu and graphics, and trying one ram module at a time but still nothing...

 

I tried installing another graphics card and I got the same results, though I am not sure if the other card is operational.

 

Anyone got any suggestions?

Is it the mainboard or the graphics card?

 

Regards

[m25man]

See this thread, it appears that others have had a similar issue and flashing the BIOS using a USB boot method desribed towards the last few posts fixed it.

 

Acer Aspire 8930G boot up (Bios) frozen - Page 3

 

Sounds to me like somebody has already had a good go at it if wires were cut.

[goob]

Thanks m25man, that solved it. The wires weren't cut on purpose but by strain from the lid opening/closing.