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Aspire 3680-2633 problem

post #1 of 7
12/14/08 at 10:24pm
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I just bought used Aspire 3680 laptop, I was told it only had harddrive problem,
however It have few more problems.
1. it won't save bios settings.
2. it won't always boot sometime it takes 3-4 tries before it will boot.
3. when it finally boot it will randomly freeze after 2-10 minutes.

I try new harddrive, reset the memory, unplug the battery.
memtest shows the memory is fine.

did anyone had similar problems ?
any idea on what can be the problem ?
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post #2 of 7
12/15/08 at 9:06am
Just curious, is the computer clock losing any time. In the control panel device manager, are there any conflicts ie: yellow or red exclaimation marks beside hardware which may not be working properly
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post #3 of 7
12/15/08 at 10:36am
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The clock is not losing time, do computer dose not even loading windows, and when trying to reinstall windows it will freeze randomly at the beginning of the install.
I also update the bios to ver 3058 it didn't help.
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post #4 of 7
12/15/08 at 10:45am
Have you tried another HDD. Watch out for BIOS updates, if they do not specifically address a certain problem on your model, they can totally screw up your laptop. Just because there is a new BIOS update, does not necessarily mean that it is good for everyone
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post #5 of 7
12/16/08 at 6:25am
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I install new harddrive still have the same problems.
Do you think downgrade the bios mite help ?
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post #6 of 7
12/16/08 at 8:42am
Was it working well before the BIOS upgrade??? Are you trying to install the same type of HDD ie: whatever came with the computer ATA,IDE, PATA and not SATA.
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post #7 of 7
12/18/08 at 7:10am
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I had the same problem before the bios upgrade.
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