My acer travelmate 610 went through a repair once last year when its usb ports were broken (pins got broken from motherboard). I soldered them back and they worked fine then. This time, after they broke again, I replaced them with a new pair of compatible USB ports. But after I put everything back togather, the laptop doesnt start any more (though the power light in panel below monitor shows the presence of power and CPU fan is blowing). There is simply no BIOS Beeps!!!. I tried again by removing the USBs i soldered, but no change in the condition. My smartcard reader was disabled (came with this model) by acer thailand, as I lost the supplied samrtcards. Is there any chance that, as i had to remove the BIOS battery to dismentle the system, the bios got reset ??? As far as i can remember, the technicians from acer told me they disable it from motherboard (i guess they meant the DIP switches).
Any suggestions from any of the experts????
Thank you all.