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Additional info: the power adapter / cord has been tested and is in good working condition. Both RAM and HDD has been tested on other notebooks, and both are in good working condition

Acer Aspire 3004 WLCi, the battery can be charged (when plug in AC Power and switched on AC mains, the battery's LED changes from orange (ie low charge) to yellow (ie fully charged). However, whether by battery alone or with AC Power, notebook cannot start up (ie cannot boot up). Also, when...

Thanks for your response, Globe Precisely, what is the problem with the screen? the notebook was kept away from heat and humidity. How can the screen deteriorate to such a condition?

I have a screen-related problem in my notebook, which I am unable to diagnose and solve. hence, any help, comments etc would be much appreciated Please view these photos first, : https://drive.google.com/open?id=12iChaLE9DYg42NE1lO0an76tbNUG9TNU concentrate on the portions which I have circled...

Thank you @ Karadjgne (1) This almost new current mechanical HDD is a 7mm; (2) The place where the HDD sits is NOT directly above the heat sink, but rather, about 3 - 4 cm away With this quick temperature rise situation, it is almost impossible to use the notebook, except if in a very cold...

I have several older notebooks, of the C2D era (>10 yrs old), which, when I install an almost new mechanical HDD, the onboard sensor softwares (eg CrystalDiskInfo, HD Sentinel) indicates that the HDD shoots up to above 50C [122F] (I was not running any intensive softwares) very quickly, at...

some additional info: the whitish substance does not feel or appear like salt residue the notebook is believed to have been used in an office air-con environment it is unlikely to have been used near a seaside environment, as there aren't that many such environments around where I am located I...

This notebook was a "gift". Hence, i do not know its history. except that it was given to me by a person who works at an IT help desk. The user was a corporate user

I tried to resuscitate my failing laptop, took it apart, and discovered alot of very tiny specks of whitish powder inside, which I have no idea what it might be and/or how it got there. The laptop did / does not have any battery, so it cannot be leaked chemicals from a battery. While the laptop...

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Hi, I have managed to obtain the Broadcom driver for that model, from another manufacturer's website. hence, no action needed on your part. thanks anyway The thing now is about the recent "NOT ACTIVATED" situation in my MS Office 2010 PRO PLUS. What do you suggest that I do now? I do not have...

On a related matter, in the HDD of this notebook, is a licensed and activated copy of MS Office PRO PLUS 2010 Everything was fine when I last used it. Then, the notebook installed several Windows 7 updates, including (i) KB3004469, (ii) KB2998812, and (iii) KB977617 Update of Windows 7 Service...

Broadcom BCM94301MPL REV 2 The driver for this device cannot be found in the Broadcom website

The notebook is an NEC Versa P8100 There are a few versions. Mine is the NN84

@ rgd1101 Thank you for responding Thing is, I don't really understand how this is not possible. Let me explain Yes, I understand about the physical parameters of the current casing, and that of the intended transplant MOBO BUT notwithstanding this, I have come across machines such as the IBM...