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Hi All,

I'm very helpless right now...
my notebook acer TravelMate4102W is dead.
Whenever i try to on my notebook, the power light in on. But nothing shown in the screen.
And normally i will need to press the power button around 5 second to force the windows shut down. But now i just need to press it and it will automatically shut down immediately.
Do anyone of you guy know the cause? Please help, thanks a lot.

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Quick, practical diagnostics to narrow this down (building on 's perspective but adding tests that weren't suggested).

The fact that fans spin and the HDD LED flashes (as reported by ) usually means the machine gets power but fails to show video or finish POST. First, check whether the GPU/POST is working by connecting an external monitor to the VGA port: if the external shows BIOS or Windows activity, the internal LCD, inverter or the panel cable is the likely culprit. If the external is also blank, the fault is at the system board/GPU/BIOS level.

A simple way to tell if the internal panel is alive is the flashlight test: in a dark room, power on and shine a bright light at the screen at an angle — a faint desktop or menu under the black is a sign the backlight (inverter/CCFL or LED driver) is dead while the panel itself still outputs image data. Also visually inspect the hinge area for a frayed display cable if the screen changes when you move the lid.

Memory and firmware checks can also cause a no-video condition. If comfortable opening the case, reseat the RAM modules and try one stick at a time in each slot (ground yourself first). Listen for POST beep codes or note any diagnostic LED blink patterns and report them here — they help identify CPU/memory/board errors. A CMOS/BIOS reset (coin cell) is another low-risk step if the machine is out of warranty.

If all of the above fail, the most likely outcomes are a failing motherboard/GPU, a bad video cable/inverter, or a stuck/failed power/lid switch. Before attempting deep board work, confirm warranty status and consider a shop that can run full diagnostics; intermittent fixes from loose connectors (as mentioned) do happen, but recurring failures usually mean a component replacement is needed.

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Remove power cord and anything else attached, take the battery out, insert power cord, and attempt to power up.

If it still does the same thing then it's usually the MOBO.

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Remove anything else mean remove any attached device? I think dun have any attached device to my notebook...
Is it possible due to i shutdown my note book by pressing the power button 10 second while it is standby mode? How to recover it if i in this situation?

Lastly may i know what is MOBO?
Thanks a lot for reply me...

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Yes, anything plugged into USB or network ports (or slots).

Shutting it down shouldn't have caused damage - but computers are funny things, and it might have. But it doesn't really matter now.

The MOBO is the motherboard.

If it is broken it will have to be replaced and if it isn't under warranty it could be expensive.

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Thanks snowdog, i did following you instruction... but my notebook still remaining the same.... :(
It is really due to the MOBO problem and any otehr thing i can do for now?
I just wondering why the harddisk light is light on and also the fan is spinning... Please advise, thanks a lot.

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Get it tested at a store just to be safe.

Some one on here had a fiddle with a similar problem yesterday and their's just started working again. I believe he disconnected the hard disk and reconnected it again. Maybe the HDD was just stuck and the handling unstuck it.

Computers shouldn't do this, and even if they DO suddenly start working again it is still a bad sign that they had the problem.

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