My Blooming laptop............

samuela66

Hi Folks,

Dont know if anyone can help, the past couple of times I have used my laptop it said I need a new battery (or words to that effect), now when I turned it on the other night it is coming on but not letting me type at all, meaning I cant even put my password in or anything......:mad:, any help please....:D

danthemoneysavingman

what make and model?

samuela66

danthemoneysavingman wrote: »

what make and model?

Its an Acer Aspire 3050series
Model No ZR3

thanks

gonzo127

now the battery problem shouldnt be too much of a worry if you run it from the mains (as most people do) most of the time as it will happen over time with any battery

as for your other problem although i dont know if it is the problem, it could be a drivers issue if your keyboard isnt working,

a test might be to try a Ubuntu LiveCD to boot into to see if the keyboard still works with that (will also give you the ability to back up all your files if you havent got a recent copy) if it doesnt work with ubuntu it is likely to be a hardware issue - so think if you have knocked or dropped it recently, if so you might just have to reconnect the keyboard connector,

if it does work however you will probably have to reinstall the keyboard drivers

danthemoneysavingman

A quck search suggests battery or ACPI to be the culprit. See:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080208115307AAi6byG

Suggests you need a new battery. Maybe the Acer website can offer some guidance.

If others know better, do chime in!