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Help with LAN???
I have been using Acer Aspire 5672 notebook for 3 years. It's ATI Radeon X1400 died on me. No video output, I have tried turning on the screen through keyboard as well as external monitor output. Nothing!
It starts up fine(I can hear the win xp sound). I need some files off the hd, file sharing is not enabled(of course!) I can connect thru lan and access shared folder. How do I access the not shared folder? Or how can I enable hd sharing through keyboard, without the monitor? I have tried ftp as well. I know the MAC and the IP address!
Can someone help?
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Quickest way is to pull the drive.. and use a usb to laptop 2.5" drive adapter... but most laptops won't boot at all if the video card has gone... more likely to be the backlight or inverter on the screen....
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You mean 3.5" drive?
That is an excellent idea. I will try that. Thanks! I have made sure that there is no back light issues, it has an external monitor output and I have used it in the past but does not work now.
I don't know what does an inverter do to the laptop screen. I mean I know what's an inverter.
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With inverter and backlight issues you end up with a blank screen, but you can hear the computer working. If the video card died, it is most likely that it wouldn't start up at all.
No, I mean 2.5" drive... most notebooks have 2.5" drives. 3.5" drives go in a desktop as a rule.
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I will look into the 2.5" adapter as you suggested. It does boot up, I can hear it. The reason I am saying that it is video card issue is that a video frame froze while I was watching a movie on netflix, King Corn to be specific. The sound of the movie worked fine even after it froze. And I can access shared folder on the notebook via my desktop, so I don't know why it is booting up with the "dead" video card.
Thanks for the help!
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shut it down, restart it and hit the f8 key repeatedly once a second until you see the menu screen. Can you see the screen? Can you see any text as it starts up?
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No I do not see anything on the screen. It seems to be off, no power! Is there any way to enable hd sharing in the "dark" with the keyboard?
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No. Pull the drive as NooNoo said.
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Hey Doc, anyway you could send me a link from where I can buy this adapter?
Thanks!
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No I have not tried remote connection, yet. I believe that I had disabled it on the laptop.
I needed the link to that part, not the store url!
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this is what you are looking for this is pretty similar to that which I use. You don't need the power on when doing a 2.5" drive and the rest of the kit is useful for turning any SATA or ide drive into a usb drive.
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I know sometimes I drift far and wide, but did you try an external monitor switch or is it definitely the vid card not the LCD?
