Re: [Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

On Monday 20 July 2009 20:12:32 Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm having a power problem with the wife's laptop. I'll keep this as
> short as I can... In chronological order
>
> * Laptop was working fine
> * Wife spills liquid in it and it appears to die. We leave it 12 hours
> * Laptop comes back to life - no problems
> * Then (months later) it refuses to run on the mains and obviously the
> battery runs out. I conclude whatever's wrong cannot be to do with orange
> squash spiled inside. * Try another power supply - no dice.
> * Notice the central pin on the laptop's power socket is now in the male
> end of the charger (ooer!). Apparently this is something of a design
> fault for these models. A local shop have soldered on a new socket but
> they said they couldn't make it boot. This is probably because I'd taken
> the HD out. Having reinstalled it - delighted to see the thing spring
> back to life. * However - after 5 mintues, I got the 7% battery life
> remaining i.e. it's still not working from AC mains despite the socket
> being fixed.
>
> I'm loathe to simply scrap this because I've proved it's "working". It's
> just that it refuses to either charge the battery or work from AC mains.
> Any ideas anyone? FWIW I've tried plugging it in with the battery
> completely removed - no dice.
>
> Cheers
> Rob

Will it run on mains if you remove the battery?? I have had a problem with a HP
at work with similar problems, removing the battery allows the laptop to run on
mains. Apparently modern laptop power supplies talk to the battery so the
battery could be giving the charger false information.

Tim