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    Replace the battery? Advice needed.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nosleep, Mar 6, 2008.

  1. nosleep

    nosleep Newbie

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    My wife's laptop battery life has been declining for the past few months. Last week it was down to ten minutes or so, fully charged. Now the laptop will not power on even when plugged in. Could this be just a battery problem?

    Thanks for anything
     
    nosleep, Mar 6, 2008
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  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    When plugged in it should power on even with a dead batt or even if batt is out. Sounds like more than batt.
     
    powerpack, Mar 6, 2008
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  3. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    If the laptop is not powering up, it's definitely not a battery issue. I would still suggest removing the battery and trying to power it up without it. If that doesn't work, you may need to remove the back panel and try both ram modules separately. It may be an upseated RAM module or something.
     
    D3X, Mar 6, 2008
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  4. Glasstream15

    Glasstream15 Notebook Guru

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    Check the power supply. It may not be powering.
     
    Glasstream15, Mar 6, 2008
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  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Pop the battery out and make it only run on AC power
     
    flipfire, Mar 6, 2008
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  6. nosleep

    nosleep Newbie

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    Thanks for the help everyone. It works now.

    My wife didn't have it plugged in all the way. I got home last night, plugged everything in, turned it on, and it worked. :rolleyes: I had to laugh.
     
    nosleep, Mar 7, 2008
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