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 <[email protected]> > What Rob said, thats exactly what happens when the bios fails. Link > posted works a treat. > > 2009/9/8 Bruce Beardall <[email protected]>: > > Thanks Rob > > > > I'll have to wait until this evening but I'll give it a go. > > > > Cheers > > > > Bruce > > > > > > 2009/9/8 Rob Beard <[email protected]> > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > -- > Kris Douglas > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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