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[yugiohdragons]

I've been having problems with my computer/the battery or the charger. I am able to charge it while it is turned off, but when I have it plugged in to charge via the AC adapter, it will constantly flicker 'battery mode' to 'AC mode' and back again, while not having it charge whatsoever.

I've tried unplugging and plugging the charger back in, doing the same with the battery, cleaning the battery, and blowing out all the connection ports for those to no avail.

My laptop is an Asus Notebook U52F Series and runs Windows 7.

 

[yugiohdragons]

Bit more info.. It was working perfectly back in December, then I had a problem with the charger and had to get a new one.. Got a new one about late january/early february, and it has been acting up in this way for about 3 weeks.

At times I was able to charge it fully and then keep it on, but now that hasn't even been working

 

[chudddds]

Bit more info.. It was working perfectly back in December, then I had a problem with the charger and had to get a new one.. Got a new one about late january/early february, and it has been acting up in this way for about 3 weeks.

At times I was able to charge it fully and then keep it on, but now that hasn't even been working

did you get the AC adpater from ASUS ?

if you still have the old one, compare the specs on it to your new one.

you will get problems like these if they are not the same, and even then, some cheap after market ac adapters just dont perform well

 

[WR2]

Try the Free Online Asus Support website?

http/support.asus.com/ServiceHome

 

[yugiohdragons]

did you get the AC adpater from ASUS ?

if you still have the old one, compare the specs on it to your new one.

you will get problems like these if they are not the same, and even then, some cheap after market ac adapters just dont perform well

I do still have the old one (somewhere) I think..
No i did not get the new one from Asus, as currently I don't have the money to.
The charger I'm using is one from a toshiba Satellite I had owned, which had the Motherboard fry (and so I just went and got the new Asus vs paying the same amount for just a motherboard).

 

[chudddds]

I do still have the old one (somewhere) I think..
No i did not get the new one from Asus, as currently I don't have the money to.
The charger I'm using is one from a toshiba Satellite I had owned, which had the Motherboard fry (and so I just went and got the new Asus vs paying the same amount for just a motherboard).

thats the problem, you are using an ac adapter that is not the correct power output for your laptop

STOP USING IT IMMEDIATELY !!!


get the correct ac adapter

 

[vrumor]

Wow. Those arent universal power bricks. Lucky you didnt fry it already.

 

[chudddds]

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The second part of the laptop power adapter is the power cord, which connects from the brick to the wall outlet and delivers electrical power to the transformer. The power cord normally comes in a couple different varieties depending on the specifications of the AC adapter. With some laptop AC adapters, this cord is permanently attached instead of being removable.

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