My acer laptop is not getting charged, i guess the issue is with the adapter

your f**ked

how old is your laptop?

Try to change the cmos battery?

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either dead battery or burned out power supply try buying universal one from radioshack or best buy make sure you can return it if its not solving the problem.

If your adapter /charger has low voltage it will not properly charge the battery, any battery. Go that route and try another adapter..

How old is your battery? When you use your laptop, do you run it on just the battery or do you use your a/c adapter and battery? If you're going to use your laptop for an extended period of time, it's recommended to remove the battery and run off of a/c power alone. This helps to extend the life of your battery. Over time, using both a/c and battery will cause your battery to charge/discharge, which dramatically shortens the life of the battery.

You may simply have a dead battery.

Another alternative is that you have a bad power unit, which is what the a/c adapter plugs into on your laptop. My guess is that you most likely have a dead battery.

I guess the problem is on your adapter, you must change your adapter, it could be broken

If the AC adapter is not working, does the battery not get charged when it is in the laptop? In other words, is there some other way the battery is being charged? Is it that the PC will not operate when the battery is out of the machine and the AC adapter only is present for power? If so, make sure that the power profile you are running under is set to allow the adapter to power the machine. To check this power setting (in XP), right-click on a blank section of your screen, choose Properties > ScreenSaver > Power. There could also be an issue within the Acer software utilities; particularly, it would be recommended to verify the settings in ePower Management.

If you still do not see any issues after these steps, please take the steps detailed here: http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal20.cfm?recordid=1125&formid=3390&website=AcerPanAm.com/us&siteid=7293&words=all&keywords=&areaid=7.
This will help to ensure that there is no issue with the adapter itself; though, if the battery is charging using the adapter it appears that is not the problem.

Beyond this, I would say that the primary determinant lies in how the battery is being charged. If it is being charged with the usage of that adapter, then the problem would apparently lie with the connection of the adapter inside the notebook, for which a qualified technician will be required. If your machine is still under warranty, and it is determined there is some type of faulty connection, that should be covered.

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Hi,


We can try some work around to narrow down the issue.

I think your notebook might be getting power from the Ac adapter. The remaining power in the battery might be giving power for few seconds and trning OFF again.

To check this, once remove the battery from the notebook and turn on the laptop with only AC adapter.

If there is no power at all, then what I guess is correct. Issue might be with the AC adapter or with the power jack on the motherboard.

If the notebook turns ON even with the Ac adapter and turned off aftetr few seconds without battery, then you have to contact service center as it could be the hardware issue.