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Acer aspire 5551: Where you plug power bar into laptop

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:14:20 -0700

hi my laptop is kinda messed dont know really how to fix it theres something wrong with where you plug the power cord into the computer it doesnt want to charge and there is nothing wrong with the power cord..can someone help me plz

⟐ Answered January 24, 2015 at 15:14 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Powers on but screen is black

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 23:15:17 -0700

I haven’t used this laptop in years because of this issue. It was dropped flat (not on a corner) from roughly 3 feet. Definitely something internal, because I’ve tried plugging it in via HDMI to a monitor and it detects that I’ve plugged it in but it couldn’t display anything to the monitor. What could be the issue? How could I fix it myself?

EDIT: The laptop also will not turn on without the charger plugged in.

⟐ Answered September 06, 2025 at 23:15 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Changing of the headphones shocket

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:50:46 -0700

Hey. I have an Acer Aspire 5552 and my headphones socket is damaged. I can hardly make it to work. Anyone knows how to change it and what type of headphone plug do I have to buy? Thanks!

⟐ Commented September 12, 2013 at 17:50 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Where is the cmos battery located

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:50:51 -0700

Where is the cmos battery located please?

⟐ Answered September 29, 2023 at 2:50 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Laptop freez & ultra slow

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:05:49 -0700

Hello i have an Acer Aspire 5551 model laptop.

When i am turning it on its showing constantly 100% disk usage and is ultra slow. (HDD light ON)

About 5 minutes it will freeze and no HDD light.

Thing’s i have tried :

Resetting the RAM
Changed the HDD
Changed the RAM module

Does someone had a similar problem ?

Little feedback what i have done.

1) Run a program CC cleaner

2)Scanned with antimalmware software.

Then the freezing thing was gone & i was able to get my data from the HDD. (But still very slow & DISK usage high.

When i got my data i did a fresh windows install and the thing’s are much better now.

Thank you for the replies & suggestion’s.

⟐ Answer accepted August 16, 2019 at 19:05 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Why is my screen turned opposite (black screen on white lettering)?

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:35:03 -0700

My screen a while back had suddenly switched to opposite colors (black screen on white lettering) yet it is not in the negative coloring due to graphics and icons remaining in their roygbiv colors. Aside from that, my laptop runs shockingly slow. I have only ever used it for school work such as research and typing papers. I'm hoping I could get some assistance in basically resetting the laptop in hopes that it could make the laptop run any faster or go back to its original colors. I also, from the beginning, have experienced Norton Online Backup and McAfee pop ups and I feel that had a ton to do with the processing speed.

Thank you

Aced Aspier E1-522-5423

Windows 8

⟐ Answer accepted October 20, 2021 at 19:35 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Sound intermittently doesn't work, sometimes tabs need reloading

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 21:09:10 -0700

Hi,

The laptop model is slightly different to chosen as there wasn’t an option for it: Acer Aspire 515-51G-77DD.

I have had an issue recently where my sound will intermittently and under no seemingly obvious pattern, stop working on certain tabs. I will need to refresh once or a couple of times and it usually works again. Also, when this happens, if the video has its own audio level slider, I will not be able to move it and when I initially click the slider to move it, there will be sound for a split second and then I will be able to move it but the sound disappears and the slider will jump back to no sound, with no sound playing.

Additionally, perhaps related as it started a week or two after this issue, some tabs will go sort of ‘blank’ when I click off them. For example I open an excel sheet on teams and click on to another tab. Then when I click back onto the sheet tab, I can’t see the sheet and will need to reopen it, though the web address and sidebar will be correctly displayed. Other people working on the same sheets don’t have this problem.

Not sure if it’s possibly an ad on/virus/idk???

Please help/advise. TIA! :)

⟐ Answer accepted July 10, 2021 at 21:09 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Can I connect both my internal speakers to one output on mobo?

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:05:11 -0700

One of my internal speaker output sockets is broken so I’m wondering if it’s possible to wire both internal speakers to the same working output connection on the Motherboard? I know it’ll reduce the volume but will it blow the Mobo or the speakers too? Any help would be much appreciated as I can’t find anything online. Thanks

⟐ Commented November 30, 2019 at 15:05 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Why is my windows not loading up?

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:08:47 -0700

turned on computer. screen was blue background. screen appeared to be zoomed in. can not get windows to load up. can not see none of my icons, bar at bottom of screen, interent icon , nothing but a big blue zoomed in screen.

⟐ Answer accepted August 15, 2017 at 6:08 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Why did my laptop change all my settings after an update?

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:50:46 -0700

i have an acer aspire 5552-3691 and when windows was updating, after all my settings was changed. the font, the screen size, everything was all wide and stretched out! why did this happen and how can i fix it? id like everything to go back to the way it was when i first got it.

⟐ Commented January 25, 2018 at 11:50 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Why does my screen shrinks to 20% in the right side

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:46:40 -0700

Some times it comes full screen and some times it shrinks right side... please help me how to get rid of it

Photo of my screen

⟐ Commented January 25, 2018 at 0:46 MST

Acer Aspire 5551: Base unit coming apart at power jack entry port. Is this fixable?

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:42:53 -0700

laptop still functioning but base is separating into 2 layers at entry point of power point. This is worse if I open the lap top further so I am using it at 60 degrees open which is very awkward. I am scared the key board will peel off completely and the lap top will stop functioning.

Does it need a new hinge or is it for the bin?

⟐ Edited November 30, 2015 at 15:42 MST