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    Aspire 5100 won't boot, should it work without battery?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by choz, Jul 8, 2011.

  1. choz

    choz Newbie

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    My Aspire 5100 stopped working. The battery dropped to 0% and it was really slow. When I rebooted, and it just started and stopped after a second. I tried to boot it without the battery, with just de AC cord connected, and it does nothing at all. I thought that it was a battery problem, but, I think that it should boot with only the AC cord? Maybe the AC itself is the problem, that's why I want to know this. Does anybody can answer me?

    Thanks!
     
    choz, Jul 8, 2011
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    wlachan Notebook Guru

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    Sounds like the computer is not getting the power from AC so the battery cannot be recharged too. You might test the voltage of the AC adapter with a multimeter. If the voltage is good, then something is wrong with the computer itself.
     
    wlachan, Jul 9, 2011
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    choz Newbie

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    That's was the problem, there was no voltage at all. I cut the cord and soldered everything, and it works now, thanks!
     
    choz, Jul 9, 2011
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