Re: Problems with my System 76 Laptop.

2021-07-29 Thread Dhruva Lokegaonkar via PLUG-discuss
I took the battery off. Same issues. When i was in the bios and the orange light started blinking, the buzzer also beeped along with the light. The temps are all in the 70s or lower range. Could it be a power supply problem? The house does have a grounding issue I think. On 7/29/21 9:17 PM, Michae

Re: Problems with my System 76 Laptop.

2021-07-29 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
If it is in fact a battery issue, a quick search says that the Galago Pro is a Clevo N130BU, of which plenty of eBay results turn up for a battery: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Clevo+N130BU+battery You'll probably want to pop it open to confirm the model number before you order though.

Re: Problems with my System 76 Laptop.

2021-07-29 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
I'll second that, probably battery related. Or overheating, install psensor and check? Not sure if they give spec for what batteries they use, ideally something fairly generic, but you can probably find a replacement easy enough and diy. My xps15 started getting weird, then noticed I couldn't us

Re: Problems with my System 76 Laptop.

2021-07-29 Thread Dhruva Lokegaonkar via PLUG-discuss
This could be the problem. acpi says `Battery 0: Charging, 82%, charging at zero rate - will never fully charge.` I'll try this and update. On 7/29/21 8:41 PM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > you can check the bios and see if there is a setting to disable the > battery. what can happ

Re: Problems with my System 76 Laptop.

2021-07-29 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
you can check the bios and see if there is a setting to disable the battery. what can happen if the battery is old enough or just that bad the laptop will try to trickle charge it and fail because of an error. the shutdown is a protective measure. you can also open the bottom and track down the ba

Problems with my System 76 Laptop.

2021-07-29 Thread Dhruva Lokegaonkar via PLUG-discuss
Hey, My galago pro is acting weird. It runs for a few minutes, then the power led starts blinking orange, and then it shuts down. The battery is pretty much dead. But it was working fine on AC power. Any ideas what it could be? Its 2.5 years old. I'm in India right now so I cannot set it to system