Here's the deal. When I unplug my laptop from AC power it continues to run, but does not sense that it is on battery power? Obviously the battery is working, but when I try to change power settings it doesn't let me and says "ON AC POWER" Before this began anytime I would unplug the power the screen would go into a power saving mode. I have a PPO plan so Best buy sent it off and they changed out the hard drive. It still doesn't work so it's sent off again. Any ideas?
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come on ....... :dw: :thumbsup:
Bad battery or power supply. That would be my guess. You have a new HD, so it's not that. One thing it could be though is the motherboard and the cmos settings. I'm not too sure because I never really fool around with power settings.
NewKid said:
The battery is new and they did mention the motherboard initially, but maybe they didn't check it out when it was in. I do think the male end where the power cord plugs in is loose too. thanks for the input. I'm kind of hoping they have to replace the whole thing and give me a new one.
NewKid said:
How hard is it to change the motherboard?
AzDropTop said:
In a laptop? You need to have skills.
traktrbeam said:
Hopefully they'll just replace it then if that's the problem. :banana:
AzDropTop said:
I have never messed around (hardware wise) with laptops, so I don't really know. However, because of the computers size and the size of a the MB, I imagine it wouldn't be easy without someone who has done it before. As traktrbeam said, it's going to take skills.
best buy and the geeksquad
i use to work at CompUSA and we use to get our fair share of best buy screwed up PC's. Or the gateway store, that place use to send people to compusa too answer questions they couldn't. That sux'd.
i'd put money on the logic board(laptop's motherboard) not working properly. They'll replace the laptop before swapping out the logic board.
as for tear down and build up.
depending on the laptop, it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all fricking day. The new ones tend to be a bit more user friendly. I've stripped a dell inspiron down and put it back together in less than an hour.
and a old toshida, it took be 8 hours.
older laptops weren't meant to be taken apart. Some you actually have to break tabs to open them. Toshiba use to send plastic body parts to replace the old ones that needed to be broken.
i use to work at CompUSA and we use to get our fair share of best buy screwed up PC's. Or the gateway store, that place use to send people to compusa too answer questions they couldn't. That sux'd.
i'd put money on the logic board(laptop's motherboard) not working properly. They'll replace the laptop before swapping out the logic board.
as for tear down and build up.
depending on the laptop, it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all fricking day. The new ones tend to be a bit more user friendly. I've stripped a dell inspiron down and put it back together in less than an hour.
and a old toshida, it took be 8 hours.
older laptops weren't meant to be taken apart. Some you actually have to break tabs to open them. Toshiba use to send plastic body parts to replace the old ones that needed to be broken.
Thanks for all the input computer studs! Much appreciated. The laptop is a Toshiba and is about 2.5 years old. epper: <--Me doing the I hope they can't fix it dance. LOL Thanks again.
epper: <--Me doing the I hope they can't fix it dance. LOL Thanks again.
Ive got a similar problem. My laptop wont run for longer then 10 minutes if it is not hooked up to a power suply. Everything was fine with it, then one day windows went out. It wouldnt even load with out the BSOD. So I went out and bought a copy of Windows Home and installed it. So now I have Pro and Home. But the Home never worked but it made the Pro start up. I havent gotten around to deleting Home yet and now I have the problem with not working unless it is plugged in. I cant do to much either since I am deployed overseas. At least I bought an external HD to back up all my data.
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31Charlie said:
That sucks. Props on the external HD. I picked one up awhile ago when my laptop started to get filled up. It's only a 40Gig. External is an 80
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