Recent content by RealisticDave

Well, after messing with this for quite a while (after posting the above message), I believe that my problems run deeper than a battery situation. Things are acting very erratic, I can't really pin anything down. Sometimes it will boot up with just the adapter plugged in, sometimes with only...

Acer 5100 is 9.5 years old. Came with Win XP, but I formatted HDD and installed Ubuntu Linux a few years ago. Mostly use it at home, and left adapter plugged in all the time. Amber battery led was always on, green led on when powered up. (Just took it for 'short trips' to fast food place during...