Posts by mcostella

Quote: Originally Posted by MichelleG mainboard is starting to fail. common problem on this model. the southbridge is starting to lose contact with the mainboard and that can cause ide failures, keyboard and touchpad...

Quote: Originally Posted by pharlaptop No, there would be a seamless handoff to the battery if the P.S. was dodgy. I'm more inclined to go with a trace or solder to the Hard Drive connector. I saw someone else with this...

Quote: Originally Posted by pharlaptop Have you looked for a bios upgrade? I'm beginning to think this issue may be due to poor traces or soldering from the factory, in which case a bios update won't necessarily help...

Jut wondering if you ever fixed your problem with you acer 5100 bsod problems, i have the exact same problems with mine. Changed hd ram restored at least 5 times, still having problems. especially on boot up, bios always hard time to...