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ACER Timeline 1830 - Laptop Won't Charge, Charger OK, Battery OK, What Else?

post #1 of 11
8/2/12 at 5:56am
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Hey Guys, My laptop won't charge. I have tested the charger on another laptop and it works and I have tried a second charger on my laptop and it still won't charge. It will turn on unplugged so battery is fine and I have tried my back up battery and it won't charge either. I suppose this is the powerjack but I just wanted an opinion if that was probably the case. What's strange is, I can still feel an electric current coming out of the USB Jack with my finger when my charger is plugged in, and there is no current when it's unplugged. But I have tested to see if my iPod would charge and it doesn't. Does this sound like a major power jack replacement operation or is there some secret button I could press haha? It's an ACER Timeline 1830 Ultrabook/Netbook/Not really sure what category it falls into-book. Thanks for any help.

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post #2 of 11
8/2/12 at 6:03am
Let me move your thread first into ACER section smile.gif

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post #3 of 11
8/2/12 at 6:11am
Did you try wiggling the jack adapter going into your notebook? Any difference doing that?

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post #4 of 11
8/2/12 at 6:16am
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Yes, not much wiggle room but I also tried to swivel it around and pushed in on the jack to see if I could get a charge. Nothing worked. Also wiped battery connector, and blew out the power jack.
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post #5 of 11
8/2/12 at 6:28am
So, you use your ac-adapter to charge another "exact" Acer model as yours? And the 2nd charger you tried to use was of exact model as your current charger?

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post #6 of 11
8/2/12 at 6:40am
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The other laptop is an Acer laptop but not the EXACT same model.  I share the charger between the two laptops daily. The 2nd charger was from another Acer that is also a different model but it worked on the 2nd laptop but unfortunately not the Acer 1830. So basically no and no. 

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post #7 of 11
8/2/12 at 7:02am
Everything up until now points to non-working charger for your model. I would try to get another (same model) working and try out 1st - simple and sure way to eliminate the charger issue

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post #8 of 11
8/2/12 at 7:11am
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Sounds good, I'll try that first. Thanks.

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post #9 of 11
8/2/12 at 7:14am
Good luck. Hopefully something simple.

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post #10 of 11
8/2/12 at 7:44am
Yes, you have to make sure that the charger is for the prescribed model as voltages, amperages are diffrernt...too much diff on the high side of voltages/amperages not good and too low also causes problems
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post #11 of 11
8/2/12 at 6:17pm
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The volts and amps for the charger and batteries are the exact same for both laptops.

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