Re: Laptop won't turn on, charging LED doesn't glow

Yikes, it took over an hour but the charging light went on.  I guess I
panicked.  Very sorry. 

And it starts. 

It took an hour just for the charging light to glow red and that isn't
even one of the choices.  The manual says amber for charging and blue
for charged.  The systray icon says 18%, and 1 hour 48 minutes to fully
charged.   

  Should I get a new battery? 

My apology again. 

Micky

PS.  It says it's running v20H2, build 19042.867, which is later than
the version on the computer I use every day, this one which is
19042.844.  Even though I haven't turned the thing on for 6 months or
more, or maybe less, maybe 4 months!  (It did have some updates
available.) 


In alt.comp.hardware, on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:37:23 -0400, micky
<[email protected]> wrote:

>My laptop is plugged in but it won't turn on and the LED that shows it's
>charging isn't lit, even though it's plugged into a charger and the
>charger output is measured just now at about 17vDC
>
>I'm not surprised the battery is dead, I haven't used it for 6 months or
>more, but I do remember the charging-led working the last time it
>worked. 
>
>This seems like an unusual sort of failure.   Does it seem very
>improbable to you too? 
>
>After "charging" for 30 minutes, it still won't turn on and the CD drive
>won't open by presssing the button.   Is there a reset I don't know
>about?  Could a failed battery keep the light from going on?  Shouldn't
>it run off the charger even if the battery is bad?  I know the answers
>are No, No, and Yes, but I'm grasping at straws. 
>
>
>A friend gave me this Acer aspire E15, also called an E5-573-35AQ
>
>It worked fine when I got it and I added software. I think I bought a
>new psu to replace the missing one.  
>
>Does this sound like something a very handy person could himself? 
>
>(My friend called me to ask if he had left certain software on it.  I
>don't think so but I was checking.  If it's broken it's a good thing I
>know now instead of just before I leave on a trip.)