MMkay, It's plugged up and the light is green on the cord. When I turn it on it only stays on for like 1 minute. Help me?
2007-07-11 18:45:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Hiya Pinkstar B,
I support about 600 laptops and you are describing a break in the charging power to the laptop. This can occur at any point between the box with the green light and the battery. This includes: the skinny wire, the small coaxial plug that goes in the laptop, the coaxial jack on the laptop where the plug goes and a couple of points in the laptop.
Because the laptop shuts down so quickly when you plug it in means the power is not making it past the green led and the battery is not charging. For that short time it is running on the uncharged battery reserves. If the battery was dead but the charger and wires etc.. were good, then the laptop would work while plugged in and shut down quickly when running only on the battery.
The best way to tell is to take the charger to a Radio Shack or similar and ask them to test the voltage coming out at the plug. If there is no voltage then you will need to get the charger repaired or buy a new one. If the correct voltage is measured at the plug then the problem is likely to be in the laptop charging circuit and components.
I see this about once a month and it is almost always caused by a break somewhere along the skinny wire coming off the charger or even at the small coaxial plug end. The cord gets stressed and sometimes frayed although the wire insulation may appear intact, sometimes the copper has broken within.
Get this simple test done and I am fairly sure you will find the problem in the wire.
GOOD LUCK!!
2007-07-15 23:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by D_S_ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like it.
Often if you click on the battery meter on the Taskbar you can get the computer to tell you the state of your battery. The exact way to do this is going to vary by laptop manufacturer.
All batteries do lose their ability to store charge over time. Leaving the power cord plugged in all the time and the battery at 100% actually speeds this up a bit.
2007-07-12 00:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep your laptop plugged in but turned off for at least forty eight hours. Your battery probably lost it's ability to hold a charge and has to 'relearn' how to do that.
2007-07-16 13:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by theonlyanswer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely!
2007-07-16 23:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by whiskey_tears 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋