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My problem is this: when both the battery and power adapter are plugged in to my netbook (Acer Aspire One D250), the battery charging light blinks orange, the power button turns orange, and the charging starts and stops in time with the blinks.
What I've tried so far (with no luck):
-Removing battery and running it for a while with only the wall adapter, then adding the battery. This worked once, then subsequent times it did nothing to help.
-Updating the BIOS. The current BIOS is version 1.03, and I have tried updating it to 1.27, 1.25, and 1.15. I believe I followed the procedure correctly, doing the following in each case:
Every attempt at this, using different BIOS versions/flash drives each time had the same result. I would hold the fn and esc keys as it booted up, and although it would display something different from the Acer logo it would start up as normal.
My only idea about why this might not be working is my operating system. I just started using Moblin 2.1 (switching from windows xp), and what makes me think it could be interfering is that most of the time I start up while holding the keys which should flash the BIOS, it instead shows the grub bootloader. Also, I never had any problems with the battery on xp.
So, just a summary of the hardware and software involved:
-Acer Aspire One D250
-BIOS v. 1.03
-Moblin v. 2.1
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Just a clarification. As far as I can tell, the problem isn't with the battery or charger. The computer works fine with either the battery OR the charger cable, but not with both. This is of course a problem, because I have no other way of charging the battery.
My problem is this: when both the battery and power adapter are plugged in to my netbook (Acer Aspire One D250), the battery charging light blinks orange, the power button turns orange, and the charging starts and stops in time with the blinks.
What I've tried so far (with no luck):
-Removing battery and running it for a while with only the wall adapter, then adding the battery. This worked once, then subsequent times it did nothing to help.
-Updating the BIOS. The current BIOS is version 1.03, and I have tried updating it to 1.27, 1.25, and 1.15. I believe I followed the procedure correctly, doing the following in each case:
Something went wrong with your Aspire D250 BIOS? Download the latest BIOS from support.acer.com and follow these instructions:
1. First format an USB stick with FAT, if this option is not available use a smaller USB stick (eg 1Gig)
2. Download the latest BIOS, and put both FLASHIT.EXE and the BIOS file in the root directory of the stick. Do NOT rename the BIOS file, it should be KAV60.fd
3. Now connect the USB stick to the AA1
Turn the AA1 off, DISCONNECT the battery but leaving the AC adapter connected. Press Fn+Esc, keep it pressed and press the power button to turn the AA1 on. Release Fn+Esc after a few seconds. Press power button if it begins to blink, otherwise do nothing. The AA1 will now initiate the BIOS flash, do not interrupt it under any circumstances. The AA1 will reboot shortly after. Wait patiently.
4. The BIOS has been flashed and all settings reset to default.
Source: http/gadgetmix.com/index/acer-aspire-d250-bios-recovery/
Every attempt at this, using different BIOS versions/flash drives each time had the same result. I would hold the fn and esc keys as it booted up, and although it would display something different from the Acer logo it would start up as normal.
My only idea about why this might not be working is my operating system. I just started using Moblin 2.1 (switching from windows xp), and what makes me think it could be interfering is that most of the time I start up while holding the keys which should flash the BIOS, it instead shows the grub bootloader. Also, I never had any problems with the battery on xp.
So, just a summary of the hardware and software involved:
-Acer Aspire One D250
-BIOS v. 1.03
-Moblin v. 2.1
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Just a clarification. As far as I can tell, the problem isn't with the battery or charger. The computer works fine with either the battery OR the charger cable, but not with both. This is of course a problem, because I have no other way of charging the battery.