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Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« on: January 08, 2013, 08:22:27 PM »
Occasionally: does not charge, Freezes, shuts itself down, USB ports dont work, acts as if a key is stuck ie screen flashes.
Bought it from b&h six months ago on a spg card.
does this sound like a hardware problem? Will the manufacture refund it?
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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2013, 08:42:42 PM »
There deff is some issue. Sounds like hardware.

Call Acer, it should have a 1 year warranty

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2013, 08:50:24 PM »
Isn't this like your 5 laptop this month ;D

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2013, 08:51:15 PM »
thanks, if their warranty is garbage (Ie pay $$$ shipping etc etc would amex warranty kick in and be easier to deal with or not until next year? 

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2013, 08:52:01 PM »
Isn't this like your 5 laptop this month ;D
You sell them whats your t&c, I may do some churning! ;)

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 08:53:24 PM »
Sorry - I generally sell to local customers only computers and laptops that are very stable....

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2013, 09:00:08 PM »
Acer lap tops a generally unstable?

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2013, 09:47:44 PM »
Compared to Dell Vostro, Latitude. HP Probook, Elitebook. Lenovo Thinkpad etc

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2013, 10:21:03 PM »
When I bought it I figured I dont know much about laptops il call B&H, and see what they recommend. I asked the sales guy specifically about the quality of Acer vs "Brand names" he said its just as good as HP, Dell etc bla bla, I knew it was bs...

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 12:11:27 AM »
you can't go by name - every manufacturer has better build / designed laptops and worse. Sometimes you have a $1000 laptop not built and not as reliable as a $500 laptop

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 09:09:26 AM »
I called Acer, the guy insist that I must do a Acer system restore before being able to send it to them to verify that its not a software problem.
While acer backs up files, all programs will be deleted. My question is whether the microsoft office that I purchased from The "cheapkey" guys will reactivate on my machine after restore?
Also whether Crashplan restores just files or also programs?
(Btw, the guy said that the computer shutting down by itself is a probably a software problem and the not charging is probably due to static)

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 10:36:55 AM »
1) You can reinstall office once you're done - using the same product key.
2) Programs can't be backed up usually only data - programs have to be installed using a proper exe file etc. (there are some backups that say they can restore programs but I find them unreliable usually.
3) Unless you see a blue screen or error message its unlikely that its shutting down only due to software.

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 10:48:08 AM »
thanks

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 11:29:15 AM »
Heard about issues w Acer and HP. Any brand has great record for satisfaction?

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2013, 12:14:06 PM »
Don't go by brand, go by family or model. Obviously everything depends on your budget, but certain laptops tend to have better designs than others and are considered more durable.

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2013, 12:35:13 PM »
Don't go by brand, go by family or model. Obviously everything depends on your budget, but certain laptops tend to have better designs than others and are considered more durable.
would you mind listing which main brand families are considered stable/reliable?     

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2013, 02:01:12 PM »
This is what I can tell you from my experience in working on 1000's of diff laptops.

Dell:
Precision - Very powerful desktop replacements - great warranty, ridiculously expensive - Usually overpriced or overkill

Latitude - Good Laptops - Great warranty! Highly recommended for any Business environment - Sometimes expensive.

Vostro  - Lower end Business Machines - Better Priced - still durable - Usually 1 Year warranty.

XPS - The nicer looking dell machines, Some are better than others...

Inspiron - YMMV Every model is different

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2013, 02:05:31 PM »
HP:

Pavilion - YMMV (Some better than others)

Probook - Stable durable business systems - Usually a little on the heavy side.

Elitebook - Business Higher end systems, usually pretty expensive

ENVY - Used to be the HP sleek and nicer systems, they pretty much replaced most of the standard pavilions now and call them either ENVY or sleekbooks

Sleekbook - like it sounds slimmer line of laptops

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2013, 02:21:22 PM »
Whats with Acer, any good?

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Re: Acer laptop seems to have hardware problems
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2013, 02:25:50 PM »
Very YMMV - some are decent some are pretty crappy.