Comments | michael_arnold: GEEK SQUAD. HELP ME!!!

michael_arnold

GEEK SQUAD. HELP ME!!!

Aug 19, 2005 20:31

A few days ago, my laptop started to go south - it's been running on battery power and the battery started to run out - funny thing that, since the laptop was plugged in. I wiggled the cord, I swore at it, I cast stupid little healing spells (they never work for more than a few minutes with electronics... you can't heal technology). The nice ( Read more... )

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jeffla August 20 2005, 03:51:36 UTC

Sounds to me like the battery is just dead. They go after a while. I think your laptop is something like 5 years old which is just about the lifespan of one of those puppies.

You can buy a used one or refurbed on online or you can buy a new generic one, OR you could do what I did and pony up the cash for a new laptop. ;)

The path of least resistance would be to get the battery, though. :( Sorry I don't have better news. Other than we're teeming with excitement that we get to see y'all again in a few weeks, but that doesn't fix your laptop!

lumberjackie_o August 20 2005, 05:08:40 UTC

maybe try hitting it with your cock...?

sorry.

bearfuz August 20 2005, 05:13:45 UTC

That happened to my iBook, or something like it; I had to take it to the Apple Store and get it looked at... it needed to have a couple of little parts replaced, but now it works fine. Of course that required being sent in to the shop, so I was without it for a week... but, since it wasn't working anyway, I dealt with it. That plus the $300 repair fee... sigh...

keithcsmith August 20 2005, 10:12:02 UTC

The battery can only recharge so many times before it no longer holds a charge. So it certainly sounds like a battery problem. Of course a 5 year old laptop is just calling out to be replaced. Think of all the fun new bells and whistles a new one would have.

But it's plugged in! fuzzyjay August 21 2005, 01:03:36 UTC

You guys missed the part where the xl one says that the computer was plugged in. No amount of good battery will help if the PC isn't receiving power. Sometimes the plug that receives the power cord gets disconnected from the innards of the computer and the computer won't accept ac power any more.

I don't know how to fix that problem, but from the symptoms it doesn't sound like it's the battery. You probably have to take it into a repair place.