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post #1 of 37
12/23/09 at 4:21pm
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hi NBF!
so...I have an Asus G50VT-X1 laptop..and it's battery wont charge. The AC adapter works fine..just that both my secondscreen at the bottom, and the little icon on the taskbar says that the battery is at "0% and charging". And..its been like that for around an hour... staying at 0. I checked to see if the problem was fake by simply removing the ac adapter..and the computer shut down so apparently the battery IS at 0%.
Help would be great..Thanks guys!

edit: Ah...forgot to say my warranty expired (about 2 months ago) already so im hoping for any solutions other than "get new battery"
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post #2 of 37
12/23/09 at 7:21pm
But that is exactly what I would suggest/recommend - another battery.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 37
12/23/09 at 10:18pm
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But that is exactly what I would suggest/recommend - another battery.

cheers ...
sadly that is probably what i will need to do...however i charged the computer for ~ 4.5 hrs while it was shutdown and now its at 100% again. hopefully i wont need to do this again though...
hmmmm

thanks
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post #4 of 37
12/23/09 at 10:57pm
Is your power brick failing? Putting out lower than rated watts?
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post #5 of 37
12/23/09 at 11:03pm
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Is your power brick failing? Putting out lower than rated watts?
how can i find that out?
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post #6 of 37
12/24/09 at 12:58pm
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Is your power brick failing? Putting out lower than rated watts?
That would be a double wham for OP then? Battery and Adapter at the same time?

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post #7 of 37
12/24/09 at 1:41pm
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That would be a double wham for OP then? Battery and Adapter at the same time?

cheers ...
I am not sure if my logic is correct but... My thought was not that it was a double wham but that the problem was insufficient power too both run notebook and charge batt? I considered that only because fading said the batt charged when notebook was off. I am beyond my area of expertise so all should take my comments as such. But to me it seemed worth consideration.

fading how do you test? Some applications I think could do? Also is it called a volt meter? I know you don't want to test volts but can't they also tell you amps?
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post #8 of 37
12/24/09 at 1:44pm
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... But to me it seemed worth consideration.

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Absolutely. I am not contradicting you at all Just one thing at a time (and hope for the best).

cheers ....
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post #9 of 37
12/24/09 at 4:32pm
fading? Are you out there? Have you recreated the situation. As qhn suggested, isolate the problem. If you can charge battery when notebook is off. And use on batt. Then that does indicate batt might not be the problem. Here is the hard part, it does not mean as I suspect the power brick. It could still be other things. It could be in the MoBo? This is almost never an option for most but if one of your friends has the same power brick try that, and if all is fine issue identified. If not oh boy I don't know but we have to keep looking.

And Merry Christmas to all!

To qhn: You focus on solving others problems, I will focus on word count and filling up NBF's servers. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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post #10 of 37
12/24/09 at 6:25pm
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To qhn: You focus on solving others problems, I will focus on word count and filling up NBF's servers. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Back at you pp, got a nice quiet evening here.
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post #11 of 37
12/25/09 at 1:29am
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sorry guys i havent had access to my notebook for a while >.<. actually im using hotel internet so im not sure if i want to download anything but... i havent been able to recreate the problem. i havent tried to drain the battery much yet but i did use it without being charged in to get it to 94%. then it charged to 100% without difficulty. it again is at 94% and ill see if the numbers change...


ok i had the battery again at 94 and it went to 95 just now so it seems to still charge (however im not gaming at the moment so perhaps gaming = large amounts of energy needed?)

all of my friends use macs so they probably wont be able to help me.

is it normally tougher for notebooks to charge from the 0% to 10% or so than it is to get it from say... 80% to 90%?.

i really hope this was a one time thing, and REALLY hope it wasnt the MoBo...

thanks guys
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post #12 of 37
12/25/09 at 2:10pm
Ghosts in your machine. Merry Xmas.
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post #13 of 37
12/25/09 at 5:29pm
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merry christmas.

also: just ended up recreating the problem (by accident).
apparently the battery cant hold an overnight charge (~12-14 hrs on sleep mode).
aaand now its not charging....bleh
i guess ill just have to shut down whilst charging.

happen to know what the ideal watt/voltage should be?

thanks guys
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post #14 of 37
12/25/09 at 6:31pm
You can find that information on the bottom of the computer, under the model number. It will say the required voltage, wattage, and amperage.
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post #15 of 37
12/25/09 at 9:01pm
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mmm ok thanks ill look at those numbers when i can actually be on my computer for longer than 5 minutes at a time... from when ilast posted a message to now..its gotten from 0-89 percent..

whats odd is that it loses all its charge during sleepmode and it doesnt charge at 0% yet itll charge at numbers higher than that (notably 87% and up, havent brought it lower yet, even if i am playing a game on my computer).

this problem hurts my head, it seems that if the amp/watt is the problem the numbers are lowat the beginning and then it suddenly "grows" higher.

hmmmmmmmmm

thanks again guys. i love this community, if only it was larger...
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post #16 of 37
12/26/09 at 6:21am
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merry christmas.

also: just ended up recreating the problem (by accident).
apparently the battery cant hold an overnight charge (~12-14 hrs on sleep mode).
aaand now its not charging....bleh
i guess ill just have to shut down whilst charging.

happen to know what the ideal watt/voltage should be?

thanks guys
Looking like more and more you are having issues with both battery and charger.

cheers ...
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post #17 of 37
12/26/09 at 6:23am
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thanks again guys. i love this community, if only it was larger...
Too much Quality and not enough Quantity for you eh?

cheers ...
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post #18 of 37
12/26/09 at 7:20am
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Too much Quality and not enough Quantity for you eh?

cheers ...
i could always use more quality and anyways quality > quantity..since quantity leads to more trolls.

just hoping there were other ideas some people might have other than charger = bad or battery = bad, replace battery or charger if necessary.
oh well..

its interesting that the notebook charges fine, just not when its at 0% (and most likely any other number close to that).

hmph. this is honestly getting annoying...

thanks again guys. always been helpful... ill just keep reporting new findings and hopefully you guys can send me some alternative solutions..
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post #19 of 37
12/26/09 at 7:31am
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just hoping there were other ideas some people might have other than charger = bad or battery = bad, replace battery or charger if necessary.
oh well..

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We can always stretch ourselves out and suggest that you try to calibrate your battery etc ... But taking into consideration of your OP, we all pretty much go straight to the supposedly recommendations

cheers ...
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post #20 of 37
12/31/09 at 5:03am
Maybe it could be just dirty data pin(s) connecting between the 'intelligent' batteries and the laptop causing problems. Q-tips and alcohol may help here.
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