My Acer Aspire 3680 with Vista has been refusing to start from the power button for months without a couple of dozen attempts, curses and threats to take it to a shop. I accidentally started it by holding down the power button and hitting a key. Then I found out it would start right up if I just open the lid and hit a key without pressing the power button at all. In the meantime the battery reached critical the other night and the key trick didn't work. I finally got it going by pressing the power button over and over in several sets of tries and now the key trick works again. I've tried removing the battery, unplugging it and holding the power button for up to a minute several times. That didn't seem to help. Now I'm leaving it plugged in and closing the lid (I'm afraid to shut it down) so I can start it by hitting a key but I don't like leaving it on all the time, even on a chill pad. What's wrong and what can I do to fix it?
Thanks for any help you can give me,
Lu
Thanks for any help you can give me,
Lu