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Batt charged but unplug shuts
I have a laptop (Aspire 1) that says the battery is fully
charged, but as soon as I unplug, it shuts off. What if I put my scissors across the (unplugged) AC side of the adaptor? I'm guessing that won't work because of induction? THen if I got an adaptor plug just like the one on the adaptor and shorted it? Do I need to takeout the battery? Any shortcuts? I also have a smartphone (SX56) which would not charge, then I replaced battery it charged, then when it discharged, would not charge again. Much obliged - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] |
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I have a laptop (Aspire 1) that says the battery is fully charged, but as soon as I unplug, it shuts off. What if I put my scissors across the (unplugged) AC side of the adaptor? I'm guessing that won't work because of induction? Then if I got an adaptor plug just like the one on the adaptor and shorted it? Do I need to takeout the battery? Any shortcuts? What in the name of heaven are you talking about? [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] You have a hell of a lot of nerve calling Windows users stupid, when you can't even troubleshoot your computer. |
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On 1/8/2014 5:04 AM, dave wrote:
On 01/07/2014 05:19 PM, wrote: I have a laptop (Aspire 1) that says the battery is fully charged, but as soon as I unplug, it shuts off. What if I put my scissors across the (unplugged) AC side of the adaptor? I'm guessing that won't work because of induction? THen if I got an adaptor plug just like the one on the adaptor and shorted it? Do I need to takeout the battery? Any shortcuts? I also have a smartphone (SX56) which would not charge, then I replaced battery it charged, then when it discharged, would not charge again. Much obliged - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] How old is the battery? How many charge cycles? They don't last forever. Did this just happen? You've seen it work? Did you buy it used this way? As a general rule, anything that can be affected by shorting something is something you shouldn't be poking scissors into. The affect of the effect is destructive more often than not. There are utilities to look at the battery directly. http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html is one such tool. It's a crap shoot, because there are so many different chipsets in laptops and many different utilities. But, it it works, it can tell you what the battery is telling the battery management software about its condition. If you find a better/more universal tool, I'd like to hear about it. |
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It is an Acer Aspire running Linpus not Windows.
I do have an identical machine which runs Windows so I might be able to swap batteries. I see no obvious battery compartment, so I imagine I have to open the unit. What happened is I played with the OS, trying to install a diff version of Linux (Quantian/Knoppix/Debian) and ended up having to reinstall Linpus from CD. It may have needed a larger SD card as secondary disk - I got one but can't set it up just yet. So I didn't use it for about two years. It was fine before that. Linpus is a Fedora variant and I have run into repomd dependency chaos, so I might install a different OS, unless I can just run Java apps. But I can't play with the machine for a few months until the current project I am using it for ends. I like the size of these Acer Aspire Ones. They are great as Notebooks for reading PDFs and writing notes, but not much else (too slow on XP, but linpus is quite fast - which actually promotes the Java options). I don't like the idea of carrying around something expensive in NYC. I had a similarly sized Compaq Aero 4/25 runnign DOS for ten years and I liked it for the same reasons, but it also had a bum battery (ev'tho I replaced batt) so I had to use it always plugged in in the living room. The LED died in 12/08 the same week my desktop LED screen also died (wierd, never figured, prolly some kind of solar storm, tho bothscreens died during light drizzle outdoors - no machines not wet). - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] |
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It is an Acer Aspire running Linpus not Windows. I do have an identical machine which runs Windows so I might be able to swap batteries. I see no obvious battery compartment, so I imagine I have to open the unit. The battery is at the back. There are 2 latches that hold it in place just in front of the rear feet. Slide the latches to release the battery and it should pull straight out. What happened is I played with the OS, trying to install a diff version of Linux (Quantian/Knoppix/Debian) and ended up having to reinstall Linpus from CD. It may have needed a larger SD card as secondary disk - I got one but can't set it up just yet. So I didn't use it for about two years. It was fine before that. Linpus is a Fedora variant and I have run into repomd dependency chaos, so I might install a different OS, unless I can just run Java apps. But I can't play with the machine for a few months until the current project I am using it for ends. I've got a 16G SDHC card, /home & /var are on it, everything else is on the internal SSD. I replaced Linpus after a week or two with my standard Slackware install, which has since been changed to Salix 13.37 (a Slackware derivative). Bought it originally for travelling, but it's also convenient for reading mail and newsgroups sitting in my living room recliner. I like the size of these Acer Aspire Ones. They are great as Notebooks for reading PDFs and writing notes, but not much else (too slow on XP, but linpus is quite fast - which actually promotes the Java options). I don't like the idea of carrying around something expensive in NYC. I had a similarly sized Compaq Aero 4/25 runnign DOS for ten years and I liked it for the same reasons, but it also had a bum battery (ev'tho I replaced batt) so I had to use it always plugged in in the living room. The LED died in 12/08 the same week my desktop LED screen also died (wierd, never figured, prolly some kind of solar storm, tho bothscreens died during light drizzle outdoors - no machines not wet). - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] |
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*+-The battery is at the back. There are 2 latches that hold it in place *+-just in front of the rear feet. Slide the latches to release the *+-battery and it should pull straight out. Very many thanks! - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] |
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