The first thing to check after dropping a computer is external damage.
Acer laptop fell on the floor.
Today while i moved the laptop from my desk to my laptop case i noticed a small black screw bouncing then falling to the floor.
October 2016 in 2015 archives i have an acer r5 571t.
However if it s still active then you.
Take a close look at ports especially those that had something.
If you re like me and haven t the slightest idea where it is carefully flip the laptop over and unscrew one cover at a time until you find it they are generally about 4 inches wide by 3 inches.
Thinking that it would help i turned it off and turned it back on.
I put the battery back in and then tried turning it on.
It is possible you jarred something that either needs to be plugged in more securely or touched up with a bit of solder.
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I look at the bottom of my laptop and see one of the 16 screws fell out.
I accidentally dropped my acer laptop on the floor and so the battery came out.
If it s in some kind of sleep mode and the hdd is powered down then it s not as big a deal.
I fell asleep with my laptop on my bed and in the morning i found it on the floor open.
Just be sure any solvents have dried before powering up in the off chance a spark will ignite them.
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Plug in your laptop and try to boot up the system.
I was easily able to pop it back into place.
First do not ever carry a laptop around when it s turned on.
The laptop was on when this happened so when the battery came out the laptop lost power.
Do this in a quiet room so you can listen for signs of damage.
Now it won t boot past the acer logo.
It didn t seem to receive any external damage at all though every program froze up.
If the laptop is not significantly damaged you should hear the the fans starting up the hard drive spinning and other normal sounds your computer makes during start up.
What i am really fed up about is this is my second laptop from walmart because the first.
Then the screen went black and it s saying no bootable device and other stuff in white letters.
How do you fix an acer laptop key that fell off.
The screen had the big acer sign when u normally turn it on.
Will my laptop fall apart.
It gets to the green acer logo and just stays like that.
While in tablet mode it slid off my bed and onto the floor just hard enough to pop the back cover off of the screen.
Superglue can also work and in a pinch i have secured loose connections with clear coat nail polish.