New to this forum. I have tried Acers site and not solved the issue with powering up. The power button light flashes five times and then nothing.
History:
I had to get a screen replaced by a friend, its been so long since I used the machine that when I needed to put in my password I had forgotten it! I had been using a four digit one previously with no problem. Did not have the option to use that when it fired up the first time. Now I have tried to start up again, I got to the start up screen with password prompt. Tried it out and the machine went into black screen mode. I tried switching off by pressing and holding the power button. This is when it flashed 5 times at me for the first time. I have taken the battery out. Tried with power lead only, tried power reset for 30 sedonds without battery in or power lead in. still the same flashing light and nothing. I am stumped. I am not a tech person with computers so simple language answers would be appreciated.