New Members - please post your introductions here

[andrui742]

Hello! my name is Andrés, I'm from La Plata city, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Actually studying informatic, and while I was searching how to obtain a RAM pinout schematic from a motherboard, asking to deepseek I landed here

[weentester2]

Hello all I'm looking to find how to better service and repair the electronics I own and develop skills needed to help others here.

[sinco]

Thank you for this forum. I am from the Czech Republic and I do repairs occasionally. To my family and loved ones.

[becikpavel]

Zdravím všechny. Jsem z České republiky z hlavního města Prahy a občas dělám opravy pro přátelé a blízké a jsem zde abych se něco nového naučil do života a veřím že jsem na sprívné místě. O tomto webu jsem se dozvěděl od jednoho YouTubera. Pavel

[MilanK]

Hello. I have returned to my great hobby after many years of working in a corporation. Now electronics and electrical work of all kinds have once again taken the lead. And since the field of electronics is moving forward quickly, I am learning again and catching up on what I have missed. I discovered this website thanks to friends, and for now I am new here. Wishing you many successful days. Milan from a small village near Opava – Czech Republic.

[Viper_TX]

Hello, I am NEW to BADCAPS and came here in hopes of some assistance.

I have an Acer AN17-51 Laptop that I purchased new last April.
Unfortunately, it started exhibiting a weird problem shortly after the 12-month warranty ran out (kicking myself for not purchasing an extended warranty).

When I selected RESTART from the WIN11 Start Button it would SHUT DOWN (not restart).
When I selected SHUT DOWN from the WIN11 Start Button it would go into some weird sleep mode and came out of it only after rebooting several times.

In order to boot it up successfully every time I simply selected RESTART; let it shut down; then started it normally when I was ready to use it again.
Until one day.....I accidentally, selected SHUT DOWN and that's how I ended up here.

NO P.O.S.T. at all - no Acer Logo - Nada, Zilch.

I took it to UBreakWeFixIt and as they handed it back to me they told me a BIOS Crisis Recovery option MIGHT WORK but it not it was most likely the MoBo.
They said I would need an Flash drive formatted for FAT32 and ".fd" file loaded on said Flash Drive; press a specific key combo; cross my eyes and look toward true north while singing "Oklahoma".

Well, maybe the last 3 items were added for theatrics but hopefully you get the point.

My beloved laptop is currently a BRICK and I really need it working again.

I don't know where to start but I thought this would be the best place.

Thank you in advance for any assistance; direction; advice you can provide.

Regards,

Viper_TX