M17x is NOT chargeing (noobs beware )

Ok so my M17x decided not to charge today and i didn't think much of it ....

Now after 1 hour of trouble shooting @ 2am i am ready for bed and i figured i would post it up and let you guys throw out suggestions to try @ work tommorw

things tried:

booting with no Battery then shutting down then poping it back in and rebooting

swapping while running

tried both batteries i own

removed and replugged the AC adapter

verified the AC adapter is good

disabled then enabled the battery

beat it



now i am tired and out of ideas ... the DC jack on the mobo is fine and YES the battery IS enabled

 

Try flashing back to the old bios and see if that helps at all .

All the things you tried are what i would have so beyond that it could be something with the motherboard/machine itself.


You could try restoring your BIOS to default first then power down for a minute or 2 and try again.

Yank out the CMOS battery also worth a shot.

 

i said noobs beware ....

*facepalm*

one battery is completely dead aka 1 % the other is @ 8 %

 

you read my mind Quad i was already downloading the BIOS... i will try flashing then format

start from ground up to trouble shoot

 

Now now you go to sleep. It's your bedtime!

 

ALSO i think i can confirm its a mobo problem because when i take it out while its off and plug it back in NONE of my status lights show chargeing IE power button and alienhead

spamming FN+2 all the time nothing will get the laptop to show its charging...



it never registers its chargeing in POST or BIOS or while its off ... so i think i am in a pickle

 

Uh... mehbeh the AC adapter is bad. You know, broken. It doesn't get hot or anything when you connect it to the laptop? Have you tried another power outlet? But I guess you should try flashing to the old bios and see if it helps before doing anything else.

 

If the ac adapter is broken how the hell he can turn on the laptop? -_-"

 

Magic ?...

 

Black magic..

sounds more like either a BIOS or Mobo problem to me...one battery, yeps, they can die...but two batteries showing the same is either black magic (Quadzilla voodoo'd Moo-man??) or i'd say you're on the right track with the BIOS and Mobo..

damn mate...bad bad bad...what a pickle!

 

Courtesy of the Clevo forum.

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I'd definetely contact AW about it. Something is seriously wrong with your mobo.

 

now that was relevant...not

 

It's relevant. It's an inside joke.

I think this guy is the one that sabotaged The_Moo™'s M17x. http://forum.notebookreview.com/member.php?u=269986

 

yes indeed, a very informative post.

On topic...
I have noticed some strange behaviour during charging. I noticed my battery was almost empty. I felt at the powerbrick but it was cool? although it was plugged in the wall outlet. Then I noticed the blue led, at the end of the cable (near the laptop) was not shining. I took it out the wall outled plugged it into another one. The Led was shining in the other outlet, so it was not broken. When setting it up to the original situation it was working again??? It's working proper now, but i did like to know what happend, seems kinda simulair.

Edit: Ok, inside joke...

 

um, what?

Pull the battery again, keep in unplugged (NO POWER SOURCE AT ALL) hold the power button down for 10 seconds. Put the battery back in, plug it back in and test.

 

Moo
Sorry to hear about your troubles.
Did you check the power adapter with a multimeter to ensure that it was
producing the correct voltage and amperage?
Hope this helps. Between my wife and I, we've had over a dozen laptops
through the years and I have seen this situation before.
Laptops power systems are more vulnerable to power surges than desktop
systems.

 

I have had similar problems and reported this to Alienware. For me if I can not get FN+f2 to show the battery disable/enable on screen, I have to pull battery and hold power button for 5 seconds. Then when I go back to windows, I have to enable battery then disable battery and then enable battery again, this time it will start charging after about 3 min. Good luck and keep us posted.

 

i got this to now

Edit:

thx for tip blade445

i turn off m17x
take battery out
hold 10sec +- on/off button
battery back in
turn m17x back on
and he start charging


damn razer mamba if i dont install driver i can turn of battery if i hit DPI buton it wil not onlye + of - DPI of mous it will also turn off battery on off off

 

my friend lost his ac adapter, ordered a generic...he is retarded and got one with slightly different voltage..it would power on his computer fine but not charge the batteries

since this isnt really your case i would agree with the magic idea

unless the ac adapter really did start to go bad and it isnt supplying the correct wattage...i already had to replace mine

Edit: basically what vtrick was saying, i stopped reading after the video was posted at the top

 

You had to replace the charger? Was it Flextronics or Delta?

 

Flextronics

started with the DC side. after a few days of normal use, hadnt packed it up to travel or anything, I would have to jiggle it around to get it to light up blue and work. got to the point whenever i moved locations i would have to spend 5 min moving it around and propping it up in the right position to get it to work. then one day just nothing so I called in and they send a new one next day shipping as with all accessories.

 

What is the wattage on your replacement? 210W or 240?

 

I would suspect the mobo aswell, maybe a loose connection to the battery? I'd touch them, and see if there's any wobble in any of the battery pins or the connector (I'm not sure if they're attached together or just attached individually)

Definitely worth trying is taking a multimeter to the AC adapter, to ensure it's living up to expectations. I'd also do the reset thing (no power source, press power button, etc)... it's worth a shot.

 

Hi Moo,
Oddly enough, I let my battery go completely dead one day, and when I tried to charge it, I had some issues as well. The laptop wasn't showing that it was charging, and after leaving it alone for a few minutes, it evenutally picked up the battery. Something seems a little odd about both BIOS's..... the first one having a small power leak.

My best advice would be to try reflashing BIOS A00 or A01 and see what happens.

Thanks,
Gabe

 

Tried Blades IDEA no go

already flashed BIOSes and i have pulled the CMOS


i can't figure it out

 

Did you leave it unplugged when you held the power button?

 

yea ill try it again real quick

basically its like pullin the CMOS but not really

re flashed

set bios back to defaults

held the power button

pulled CMOS

and left it off for a long time with no power and now its workin

thanks guys ...

 

congrats!!!

 

lol i was getting mad

it showed no signs of the AC adapter even plugged in when it was off so i was worried about the MOBO

 

sweet ........


how long have u had this thing

 

moo seriously i would stick with a00 i have fixed 3 systems now that had issues with a01 locally... i have sent my source at dell my findings with a01 and he is getting it to the right hands..

 

no the issue was in A00 to

i flashed A01 to A00 and back to A01