Re: [Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

2009-07-23 Thread Chris Smith
Chris Dennis wrote: > > Have you checked that the mains lead is supplying the advertised number > of volts? > > If the power socket has suffered trauma in the past, perhaps there's > breakage in the plug too. Or, simply a blown fuse. Sometimes it's the simplest things we forget to check. :)

Re: [Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

2009-07-23 Thread Chris Dennis
Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all > > I'm having a power problem with the wife's laptop. I'll keep this as > short as I can... In chronological order > > * Laptop was working fine > * Wife spills liquid in it and it appears to die. We leave it 12 hours > * Laptop comes back to life - no problems

Re: [Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

2009-07-20 Thread Tim
On Monday 20 July 2009 21:44:05 Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:40 +0100, xendis...@gmx.com said: > > > FWIW I've tried plugging it in with the battery > > > completely removed - no dice. > > . > . > > > Will it run on mains if you remove the battery?? > > I think the answer's in t

Re: [Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

2009-07-20 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:40 +0100, xendis...@gmx.com said: > > FWIW I've tried plugging it in with the battery > > completely removed - no dice. . . > Will it run on mains if you remove the battery?? I think the answer's in the question. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Inte

Re: [Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

2009-07-20 Thread Tim
On Monday 20 July 2009 20:12:32 Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all > > I'm having a power problem with the wife's laptop. I'll keep this as > short as I can... In chronological order > > * Laptop was working fine > * Wife spills liquid in it and it appears to die. We leave it 12 hours > * Laptop comes

[Hampshire] Acer Laptop A3380 Power Problem

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Malpass
Hi all I'm having a power problem with the wife's laptop. I'll keep this as short as I can... In chronological order * Laptop was working fine * Wife spills liquid in it and it appears to die. We leave it 12 hours * Laptop comes back to life - no problems * Then (months later) it refuses to