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    battery/charging issue!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jdring8, Oct 9, 2008.

  1. jdring8

    jdring8 Newbie

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    for the past couple weeks, my Aspire 5100 laptop has ben fully-charged but the ePower icon in the system tray says it's as low as 1% charged, and for the past several months has altogether stopped giving me the warning baloon regarding the impending need to charge or else it'll go into hibernation.

    i've had this laptop for one year now.

    just tonight, though, i've realized something else too-- the orange 'battery' light on the front of the laptop is blinking steadily instead of a solid green (fully charged) or solid orange (charging). then i scrutinize the ePower battery icon in the system tray and it says the laptop has 15 of battery power left, and in paretheses "plugged in, not charging". yet i can be on the laptop for hours upon hours in this state, and it never shuts down.

    ..any ideas? :confused:
     
    jdring8, Oct 9, 2008
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  2. kiriakost

    kiriakost Notebook Deity

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    Remove the battery , and clean the contacts with some alcohol .
     
    kiriakost, Oct 10, 2008
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  3. jdring8

    jdring8 Newbie

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    are you serious?

    i dont mean to sound stupid or offensive but..are you serious? alcohol?
     
    jdring8, Oct 10, 2008
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    Glasstream15 Notebook Guru

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    Rubbing alcohol or go to CVS and get 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. It's cleaner and a good cleaner for lots of electronic stuff. Just dont clean the outside of the puter with it.
     
    Glasstream15, Oct 12, 2008
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