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So this laptop slowly but surely died.......basically it started taking a while before eventually Posting and booting into windows but since we were getting into Windows we just stuck it out. It eventually just stopped booting into Windows and remains at with a black screen regardless of connecting to external monitor.
This points to either a dead GPU or dead motherboard from what I can tell. The power light still comes and the HDD light blinks when the HDD is plugged in.
I have tried reseating/removing RAM but not beeps or indication of it being a RAM issue. Display was also working fine up to this point and I have doubt it is the display.
Item: Acer Travelmate P255-MG
Age: Manufactured 2014 (Unsure exact age)
Price:R1500 R900
Warranty: None
Packaging: Bubble wrap + box
Condition: As explained above - Laptop not booting. Comes with Charging adaptor
Location: Pietermartizburg
Reason: I cannot use it and have to try recover some money to consider a replacement.
Shipping: R99 (TCG or Postnet)
Collection: Sure
Link: Review Acer TravelMate P255-MG-54204G50Mnkk Notebook
Specs:
i5 4200U (I cannot confirm it's a 4200U but according to model number it seems this is the CPU that should be in here)
R7 m265 GPU
8GB RAM
500GB HDD - This currently still has OS installed but I will have to format it clean, so won't have windows 10 installed!
15.6" HD display - 1366x768
Battery life on this laptop was around 2 hours or so for office stuff like Microsoft applications and web browsing.
FYI
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So this laptop slowly but surely died.......basically it started taking a while before eventually Posting and booting into windows but since we were getting into Windows we just stuck it out. It eventually just stopped booting into Windows and remains at with a black screen regardless of connecting to external monitor.
This points to either a dead GPU or dead motherboard from what I can tell. The power light still comes and the HDD light blinks when the HDD is plugged in.
I have tried reseating/removing RAM but not beeps or indication of it being a RAM issue. Display was also working fine up to this point and I have doubt it is the display.
Item: Acer Travelmate P255-MG
Age: Manufactured 2014 (Unsure exact age)
Price:
Warranty: None
Packaging: Bubble wrap + box
Condition: As explained above - Laptop not booting. Comes with Charging adaptor
Location: Pietermartizburg
Reason: I cannot use it and have to try recover some money to consider a replacement.
Shipping: R99 (TCG or Postnet)
Collection: Sure
Link: Review Acer TravelMate P255-MG-54204G50Mnkk Notebook
Specs:
i5 4200U (I cannot confirm it's a 4200U but according to model number it seems this is the CPU that should be in here)
R7 m265 GPU
8GB RAM
500GB HDD - This currently still has OS installed but I will have to format it clean, so won't have windows 10 installed!
15.6" HD display - 1366x768
Battery life on this laptop was around 2 hours or so for office stuff like Microsoft applications and web browsing.
FYI
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