My Apple laptop will not turn on at all - the plug 'light' shows green - so I am thinking that the battery is fully charged - but, absolutely nothing happens - it cannot be turned on - and I am terrified that I will lose material on the laptop...Ideas on what I should do??? Thanks. C

sounds like defective. personally I would return it to HD for a new one. HD money back 90 days from purchase.

First measure the voltage of the batteries at the charging socket of the joystick.

Acer Aspire 5517 shows BLUE light when fully charged.
Start it and check battery indicator (tray item) will probably say
plugged in fully charged (with adapter plugged in)

If the laptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be worn out. Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles and will lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% and gradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all. OR The battery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the battery drops off to zero capacity in a very short time. If the battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

maybe your battery went wrong, or your laptop battery don't match your laptop.
http://www.it-battery.com/apple-laptop-batteries-c-77.html
http://www.it-battery.com/laptop-ac-adapters-apple-laptop-ac-adapters-c-184_103.html

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you should be able to press ESC to exit hibernation, or remove the battery, remove the plug, press and hold the power button for 60 sec, and reinsert battery and power and turn on. when restarted, right click on desktop, click properties, and click the screen aver tab, click the power button, click advanced, and remove the check box beside enable hibernation on the "Hibernation" tab. it shouldn't do it again

On Mac iBooks the orange light comes on when it charges the battery. Once the battery is charged it turns green. Im guessing the other powersupply was aftermarket or broken. EIther way, if it starts out green - recognizes the battery isnt full - turns orange for a while - then turns green when the battery is full, then the computer and powersupply are working perfectly. Enjoy your iBook!

Make sure the battery contacts are clean. The rechargable batteries looses their charge even when they are not in use. It is important to fully charge the first time the rechargable batteries.

That usually indicates battery is beginning to go bad. Eventually it will not hold a charge and will need to be replaced.




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Hi,

I have the exact same issue. It's not the processor. If you have you power supply tested, you will probably find that it's not working anymore. The green light still comes on when plugged in, but it's not sending the "charge" to the notebook.

I have this issue with a couple of C640's. I've tested the machine by charging the battery in another (Pentium 3 Dell C600), then putting it back into the broken machine... woohoo it works.

Unfortunately I can't figure out why the power supply's keep on busting, I don't think that the power-supplies are faulty, or maybe they just get old, don't know, but the most obvious problem is probably something with the mainboard, which really sux.

Hope this helps,