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Sager 5600NP not powering up - PLEASE HELP ASAP

post #1 of 10
11/30/03 at 12:23am
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Hi,

My laptop is dead. When I plug in the AC adapter, it goes from a steady green (without the laptop attached), to a blinking green (with the laptop attached). What does a blinking led mean? Also, will the laptop run if the battery is dead, or not installed?

Thanks,

-V-
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post #2 of 10
11/30/03 at 2:31am
You are referring to the LED on the AC adaptor? That is what is blinking? If it is, I don't have any information for you. I didn't know it could blink. Call or email SAGER tech service at once. Don't use the machine at all until you get this fixed.

On the other hand, if its the Power LED on the machine that is blinking, the one for the battery/AC, and its blinking green, turn the bugger off immediately and call SAGER tech services at once. Don't use the machine at all until you get this fixed. Something serious is wrong.

However, if its the other LED on the machine, the one that comes on when you turn the machine on, that is not a problem, it just means the machine is in sleep mode. You need to figure out how to wake it up. Usually that is just pressing the Power button. Though often any key will do. Depends on how its set up. I hope that's your situation. If so, read the owner's manual. It will advise on how to wake it up if the above don't work.
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post #3 of 10
11/30/03 at 2:55am
Remove the notebook battery and then plug it in via AC power. Dead batteries will restrict machines from powering on at all. If it doesn't bootup, try powering via battery power alone. That will tell you if it's an AC Adapter or battery or the notebook itself that's the problem.
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post #4 of 10
11/30/03 at 3:44am
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Hi,

Thanks for the replies! The LED on the AC adapter is flashing; the LEDs on the laptop are not lighting at all. I don't know what the blinking LEDs signify, and of course, it's not written in the manual!

I removed the battery, and plugged in the AC adapter - nothing. I was under the impression that the laptop will not power up without the battery installed. Is it possible to power up the laptop without the battery installed? I would hope so, but it doesn't work in my case.

-V-
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post #5 of 10
11/30/03 at 4:22am
Yes you can bootup a notebook without a battery inserted. It's odd how many people believe this myth. Anybody know how it started?
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post #6 of 10
11/30/03 at 3:07pm
Really weird, eh? The AC brick for my 5680 goes solid green whether or not its attached to the laptop or not. Try to find a spare AC adapter. I've noticed that many manufacturers like ECS and Clevo use the same adapters (example is my 5680 and my friend's ECS lappy).
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post #7 of 10
11/30/03 at 3:39pm
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Originally Posted by Element
Yes you can bootup a notebook without a battery inserted. It's odd how many people believe this myth. Anybody know how it started?
Unfortunately this is NOT correct. There are quite a few notebooks out there that will not function without a battery installed. There are quite a few that will function.

In short, it depends on the make and model. I can say for sure that I've owned quite a few Toshibas that worked quite well with no battery installed.

But conversly the Gateway that I replaced with my current 5680 would do nothing without the battery in place. It didn't matter that the battery was deader than a door nail, it had to be in place in order for the machine to boot.
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post #8 of 10
11/30/03 at 5:19pm
I'm pretty sure all notebooks manufactured after a certain point in time (possibly around 1999, allow you to power up without the battery inserted. I guess y'all are talking about old school laptops primitive technologies eheh
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post #9 of 10
11/30/03 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by Element
I'm pretty sure all notebooks manufactured after a certain point in time (possibly around 1999, allow you to power up without the battery inserted. I guess y'all are talking about old school laptops primitive technologies eheh
For all I know you may be correct. It may be that after a point in time all laptops were made in the fashion you describe.

I have not as of yet had a reason to attempt to boot my 5680 without the battery installed so I can't comment on my current notebook.

But to answer your original question, the myth came to be by not being a myth at all, by being a fact. At least some of the time anyways.
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post #10 of 10
11/30/03 at 5:37pm
Yeah...I guess I never have had personal experience with a laptop that wouldn't boot without the battery intact! My experience stems from being an in-store tech at Best Buy who eased dozen upon dozens of nervous laptop owners by simply removing a dead/defective battery when their machine wouldn't power on ;-) And their response was always "Oh I didn't know you could turn it on without the battery in." Crazee lol
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