Comments on: Taking apart Acer Aspire 5517

By: Sandra webster

Sandra webster — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:51:19 +0000

What size battery does the mother board take in acer aspire 5517?

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:58:22 +0000

Thank you so much for this helpful images. A year ago I took my acer aspire 5517 apart with your help and seems to me I have to do it again. Makes me very happy to find your website still online. Thanks.

The problem with my laptop is that it turns off by it self. I changed the power jack because it was broken and was giving the message of connect but not charging. I also cleaned the fan. I bought a new battery wish when is connected works perfectly fine but the computer won’t recharge it. Still says plugged but not charging. I updated the BIOS. I try updating and uninstalling the battery drivers. Then I took off the battery and powered the computer using just the power cord and the computer worked for 3 days and nights stray without turning off. I could live with that I don’t really need to move the laptop from my desk since I work from home. The problem is that now is doing it again. I guess it is time to change the fan inside.

Does any one knows if I should change the fan or is this is something will never get fix? Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you so much again for keeping this page up 🙂

By: mark

mark — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:31:23 +0000

i need to replace the usb ports on my acer aspire 5516, if I screw that up, I can put in a new motherboard. I took off all of the screws off of the back, but something is still keeping me from removing the back.

By: john

john — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:35:34 +0000

acer aspire 5517, will not boot/post, external vga does not display. replaced motherboard and still no post. have removed all devices, HD, RAM, etc and still will not boot. Any idea what it could be?

thanks

By: annette m.

annette m. — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:31:58 +0000

how do you get to the built in webcam i’m trying to find out if I’m having hardware issues. The webcam doesn’t work consistently.

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:02:42 +0000

In reply to charif. @ charif, If you see a dark image (no backlight) it's either failed inverter or failed CCFL bulb inside the screen. If the problem doesn't go away after replacing the inverter, the next step is replacing the LCD screen. There is a chance of bad video cable or motherboard issue but it's not as likely as failed CCFL.

By: charif

charif — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:09:15 +0000

please help me i have a serious problems my laptop acer aspire 5517 series i have changed the inverter board but the screen havn’t the light i don’t know what to do help me this my first laptop. I see the desktop on screen it’s dark. thanks

By: toney

toney — Sun, 04 May 2014 00:47:44 +0000

i replaced my sons hdd with a hdd from a machine with a damaged screen. 2 issues, 1) mouse pad is not functioning, 2) hdd is from a broken machine and is password protected, son bought his acer from pawn shop so we dont have a copy of windows 7 to reinstall. what are my options

By: Lyle Hazelwood

Lyle Hazelwood — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:23:11 +0000

Thanks for the VERY useful page.
Complete teardown, removed main board and cleaned fan/radiator.

Computer was horribly slow before a windows reinstall, and was
shutting itself down immediately after(actually during the re-install process). At the moment I suspect it was slowing the clock down as the temp went up, and that “feature” has not (yet) re-installed itself.

Now cleaner, running cooler, and proceeding with the neverending windows install/update process.

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:25:42 +0000

In reply to David a Barnes. @ David a Barnes,

I wish to replace the memory cards and the hard drive because I have a virus. I donâ€t feel like paying the cost for the virus over and over again. I feel that if I replace the memory and hats drive it should work like a new computer.

It is not necessary to replace the hard drive and memory in order to get rid of a virus. All you have to do is reinstall the operating system from scratch. Also, I would recommend using a good antivirus program after that. I use Kaspersky antivirus on my PCs and never have a problem.