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    Laptop crash when moving while on battery only

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Varun Agrawal, Jan 6, 2020.

  1. Varun Agrawal

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    My laptop is <2 years old. From some time, I have this problem. When it's on power, it works fine. It also works fine on the battery as long as I don't move it. As soon as I move it physically, it crashes.
    Can anyone tell what's the problem and what should I do? I recently bought a new battery so I am sure battery is not the issue.
     
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    Try cleaning the battery contacts. Is the battery fitting loose? What model are we talking about here?
     
  3. Varun Agrawal

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    I have tried cleaning them with cotton swab before but no luck. It is Clevo N957TP6.

    > Is the battery fitting loose

    It doesn't seem like loose to me
     
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    I am not sure I want to buy and wait for it to deliver until I am sure of the problem.

    I was just reading about. I have only used dry cotton swab as of now. Can I try using alcohol to see if it works? Just a note. From outside, connectors look pretty clean.
     
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    Dry cotton swabs are worse than nothing. :)

    You can try anything (and many times, the connectors 'seem' fine just looking at them), but if this is the issue, DeoxIT is what will fix it best.
     
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    Thank you so much for help. I will try alcohol tomorrow. DeoxIT is not available in my country but if alcohol makes even a slight improvement (so I know for sure that connectors are the problem), I will order DeoxIT immediately.
     
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    Thank you again. I did a few things. Bent the connectors gently, cleaned them with alcohol, and also stuffed some paper in the battery compartment to make it tighter.

    I feel my PC is much more reliable today (~12 hours since). It crashed again today but not as often as yesterday. I just need to figure out whether it was alcohol or benting or paper which fixed it and do it better.
     
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    What is the laptop model?

    It might just be chassis flex, exacerbated if you pick your laptop only from one corner like so many people do.
     
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