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Acer Extensa 4620: Can I replace my motherboard and what are my options?

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:00:02 -0700

I bought this laptop in 2007 and I want to upgrade my processor and my graphics card (I have Intel graphics currently and an Intel Pentium 1.49GHz processor). Can I upgrade my motherboard + processor + graphics?

⟐ Answer edited April 25, 2021 at 17:00 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: My computer won't start

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 03:59:03 -0700

I tried to reboot it and every time a blue screen comes up with text at the bottom saying setup is starting but there is an error box in the middle of the page which says Windows could not collect information for [OSImage] since the specified image file [install.wim] does not exist.

Please Help

⟐ Answered October 20, 2025 at 3:59 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: How much is it to reply the power jack

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:45:57 -0700

When j out the charger in the laptop won't charge unless I press it in and hold

⟐ Commented November 05, 2024 at 20:45 MST

Acer Extensa 4620: How come when I turn on my laptop it just shuts off?

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 03:34:46 -0700

When I turn it on it shows the Windows Vista boot screen but then it just shuts off.

⟐ Answered March 11, 2024 at 3:34 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: How do I remove the battery?

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:55:43 -0700

Hello. I cannot extract the battery of Acer Extensa 2905. Is is possible? How do I do it? Thank you.

⟐ Answered December 17, 2025 at 23:55 MST

Acer Extensa 4620: Why my laptop acer extensa 4620 isn't charging?pls help

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:52:19 -0700

Whenever I try to charge my laptop it does not charge,when this problem started it charges for not more than 5 sec and then my charger does not works on my laptop. I tried other different chargers but it won't work thats why my laptop stopped and won't start because it battery is not charged.

Please somebody help meeeee

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⟐ Commented September 28, 2023 at 8:52 MST

Acer Extensa 5630EZ: How can I upgrade my laptop from 512MB shared memory to higher memory

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:21:12 -0700

shared memory 512mb need to 2gb

⟐ Commented August 09, 2025 at 9:21 MST

Acer Extensa 4620: Can I replace my LCD screen or repair it?

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:08:02 -0700

The outer part of the screen is intact but the inside is cracked. Also before this happened my screen used to flicker and when I need to reinstall windows I can't see what I am doing.

⟐ Answered June 02, 2024 at 7:08 MST

Acer Extensa 4620: Laptop do not start.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:02:08 -0700

Laptop remains off. Not start .There is no dispplay in screen. How to sort it out?

⟐ Answered April 29, 2019 at 13:02 MST

acer extensa 4630z: Why is the display not working after I reinstalled the RAM?

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:14:13 -0700

I removed and reinstalled the RAM and HDD and powered my laptop and it ceases to display anything. As a matter of fact it was working properly before but was crashing during Windows Xp loading with BSOD, Now the laptop powers on but no display whatsoever.

⟐ Commented February 28, 2019 at 2:14 MST

Acer Extensa 4620: How to repair a laptop hinge?

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:55:52 -0700

how can i repair my laptop hinge? both of the are broken.

⟐ Answered April 19, 2017 at 18:55 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: Why is my loaptop not charging

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 21:13:53 -0700

But it is in good condition

⟐ Commented September 19, 2025 at 21:13 MST

Acer Extensa: Acer Extensa 4420 Computer not booting + LCD problems

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:02:47 -0700

I recently purchased this device at a garage sale for a grand total of $3. It is an older Vista laptop, and I mainly purchased it for tinkering and messing around with it. However, it's got me stumped with its booting problem. When I press the power button (see attached video), the drives spin up, the power light comes on, fan spins for a second, and the drive light blinks. Then, after a few seconds, everything goes dark, before coming back up and doing the whole thing a second time. The LCD shows absolutely no signs of life.

Things I've tried:

Plugging in an external monitor

Booting without the hard drive

Using each of the two sticks of RAM individually

Booting with only battery and only power cable

Repasting the CPU + cleaning out 15 years worth of dust

Shining a flashlight on the display (in case backlight wasn't working)

Booting with a boot DVD in the DVD drive

Booting without the DVD drive

Booting without RAM

Booting with only known good RAM

I successfully transplanted both the RAM and HDD into another working laptop and everything worked spectacularly. The hard drive appeared to have a corrupted copy of Vista installed; it would boot a "Windows failed to start" screen and both the "Start normally" and "Repair installation" options resulted in a blue screen. I installed Ubuntu on the drive and the install performed without any errors. Both sticks of RAM are recognized and have the correct values.

Also, I noticed the LCD has some dark pixels (see attached photo), even though it's not getting power. I'm not sure if this is a sign of a destroyed LCD or just a minor problem. If it wasn't for the powering problem, I would guess the LCD was just bad.

I'm kind of at my wit's end here. I don't know if the issue has something to do with the motherboard, the CPU (although I've heard that's pretty rare), or something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

If you need any more information, just ask!

⟐ Commented June 26, 2024 at 20:02 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: How to fix no bootable device

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:44:10 -0700

When I cut it on it says no bootable device and when I switch to legacy it says no bootable device and something else I can't remember what.

⟐ Answered June 11, 2024 at 19:44 MST

acer extensa 4630z: laptop stuck on automatic repair

Sun, 11 Sep 2016 18:30:43 -0700

when i open my acer extensa 4603z laptop it just says preparing automatic repair but always goes back to automatic repair. when i click any of the choices-go back to windows 10, troubleshoot or turning off pc, nothing happens but it goes back to automatic repair

Acer Extensa 4620: I want to build notebook out of my acer extensa 4620 notebook

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 06:53:50 -0700

I have Acer extensa 4620 notebook purchased in US and recently its top panel has got cracked at hinges as it is old laptop I don't want to buy new panel for it and even it is not available in India. I want to buy a dead laptop in scrap and fix all parts into those chassis but I don't know which notebook I have to buy.please suggest me another model of notebook that suits my Acer extens hardware but should be available in India. pls help me..not possible please suggest me another model within Acer extensa series pls

⟐ Answer accepted September 08, 2023 at 6:53 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: How to activate my windows

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:16:08 -0700

Show me please

⟐ Answered March 30, 2026 at 4:16 MST

Acer Extensa 2509: I cannot extract the battery of Acer Extensa 2905. Is is possible?

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:25:59 -0700

Hello. I cannot extract the battery of Acer Extensa 2905. Is is possible? How do I do it? Thank you.

⟐ Answered December 18, 2025 at 3:25 MST

Extensa 2511: Broken my aux in the aux

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:20:20 -0700

Broken my aux in the laptop

⟐ Answered November 24, 2025 at 5:20 MST

Acer Extensa 4420: My computer turns off right after it turns on.

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:19:13 -0700

My Acer Extensa 4420 turns off shortly after it powers on. There are not any signs of beeping, or lights that seem bad. I've re-applied thermal paste, but that does nothing. It does the same thing no matter what power adapter i use, so is there another thing i could try? It has 2gb of DDR2 RAM, (Upgraded) 500GB HDD.

⟐ Answered October 14, 2025 at 5:19 MST