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

In alt.comp.hardware, on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 02:56:40 -0500, VanguardLH
<[email protected]> wrote:

>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.)
>
>For some laptops, a dead battery means it won't power up, even when
>using an A/C power adapter. 

Amazing. I would think it wouldn't be hard to at least light up the
charging light. 

> Sometimes physically removing the battery
>will get the adapter to work.

Yes, now I think it would have.  I'll remember this for next time,
although I only use it when I travel and then I use it every day, so
maybe I won't have this problem. 
>
>The Acer aspire E15 was introduced back in 2014.  Maybe your friend
>realized the battery was crap, and dumped it on you expecting you to pay
>for a new battery (~$25 on Amazon).

Haha. Or you could look at it that he was nice enough to give me what he
might still have kept for a backup, and of course it's my responsibility
to buy the battery.

He actually gave me 3.  The oldest he needed back for some work-related
software that was on it.  

One I have to my 80-year old friend.  I wrote about her here. Ten
minutes after I delivered and set it up, someone from out of town
dropped by and of course they wanted to visit, so after a while I left,
and she lost interest after that.  Does't even want me to come over, but
when it's too cold to sit outside, I think she'll regain interest. I
don't care if she uses a computer or not, but she was bored or lonely,
and she's not now.

And the 3rd one was this one.