[ubuntu-uk] dead netbook

[Rob Beard]

Bruce Beardall wrote:
> Pressed the power button on my Acer Aspire One this morning and the 
> button light goes on followed by the whirring of the fan but that's 
> it. Not even a BIOS to hack into.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Anyone heard of this happening to other Aspire Ones?
>
> It's currently got Jaunty installed which was running fine - the only 
> different thing I've done was play with a live USB Puppy Linux 
> yesterday evening. Seems unlikely that that fried everything.
>
> Cheers
>
> Bruce
>
Hi Bruce,

I've heard about Aspire One machines dying before, IIRC it was something 
to do with the BIOS.  You could try this - 
http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-one-bios-recovery.html

Worth a shot, and it appears it can be done through Linux (just put the 
files on a FAT formatted USB stick).

Hope this helps.

Rob