Aspire 5536 BIOS Failure

[Spaceweed]

Hi everyone,

I have been trying to fix an aspire 5536.

When it powers on, there is no display, not even to an external one. It shows no sign of POST ing.

So I figured this is a BIOS issue, so I looked up how to do a CRISIS disk recovery from USB.

So I created that but I cant get the 5536 to find it, I have been pressing Fn + Esc when it boots but the USB never shows it has been accessed, should I wait a little while or something?

I should also note that when I turn it on the fan spins, but then it stops after about 5 seconds, even though the power light's say it is still on.

Any help on the subject would be greatly appreciated

[popeye1128]

This may be of help: Acer Aspire / Phoenix Bios Recovery - The Elder Geek on Windows

The key is PATIENCE. It will take some time.

[Spaceweed]

Thanks for the reply

An Update:

I left the laptop run for about 10 minutes, it seemed like nothing happened.

Then I turned it off, turned it back on, and, it worked! It booted into windows no problem!

I updated the BIOS immediately, the CRISIS utility didn't work even once.

The problem is, the problem still exists.

The results are repeatable, it won't POST at all, but if you leave it run until it gets warm, then reboot it, it works!

Does anyone know why something unusual like that would happen?
Thanks anyway

[ellalan]

Take off the battery, disconnect the mains, press the power button for 30sec to 1 min, don't insert the battery, just connect the mains and see whether it helps. I am not sure this will rectify the fault but I found this on the net a while ago and remembered.

[BirtyBassett]

Hi,

Did you ever solve this? I have exactly the same problem.

Thanks