Chuck
08-04-2004, 05:21 PM
Does anyone know if the N5270 will run on A/C with a bad battery?
I've been having odd problems . . .
The screen goes black, and the entire machine stops responding. The only
solution is to force the machine to power down and reboot.
I've already re-done my entire machine . . . so it's not a virus or a driver
issue. It seems to be definitely hard-ware related.
I am wondering if:
1. I have a bad battery
or
2. There is something inside involving power conversion that is amiss.
I do know that the machine craps out if running on just the A/C with no
battery after about 5 minutes.
With the battery in, if the A/C adapter is plugged in, it will crap out
after about an hour.
With the battery "full" and no A/C adapter plugged in . . . the machine will
run until it says to switch to A/C, but then goes another 20 minutes and
then I'm warned to switch to A/C again, it goes another 5 to 10 minutes then
totally dies (no power).
Usually, after the first "warning" I plug the adapter in.
Any ideas?
--
Chuck
I've been having odd problems . . .
The screen goes black, and the entire machine stops responding. The only
solution is to force the machine to power down and reboot.
I've already re-done my entire machine . . . so it's not a virus or a driver
issue. It seems to be definitely hard-ware related.
I am wondering if:
1. I have a bad battery
or
2. There is something inside involving power conversion that is amiss.
I do know that the machine craps out if running on just the A/C with no
battery after about 5 minutes.
With the battery in, if the A/C adapter is plugged in, it will crap out
after about an hour.
With the battery "full" and no A/C adapter plugged in . . . the machine will
run until it says to switch to A/C, but then goes another 20 minutes and
then I'm warned to switch to A/C again, it goes another 5 to 10 minutes then
totally dies (no power).
Usually, after the first "warning" I plug the adapter in.
Any ideas?
--
Chuck