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  • SiliconDreamer
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2023
    • 1

    #1

    Laptop starts when it wants to ...

    Windows 11, 10th gen. i5, rtx 3070, Acer Predator

    So … the battery stopped working a long time ago though it shows there is like 70% charge in there or something. The laptop is about 16 months old.
    It would sometimes not start unless I left it unplugged for about a day and did the “hold the power button down for 30 seconds” trick AFTER about a day had passed.
    So I removed the battery and all was gold. I never carry it anywhere anyway.

    Then the same thing started happening again. I leave the thing on 24x7 b/c I know if I shut it down or unplug it I’m hosed and it won’t turn on sometimes 2 days.
    I try the hold down the power trick but no dice. It just has to sit.

    things I’ve tried:
    1-updating bios
    2-applying any outstanding windows 11 updates
    3-2nd PSU
    4-hours of google searches, usually leads to the “hold-down-the-power” path.

    Any ideas?
    Thanks in advance
  • Bruce
    PCHF Moderator
    • Oct 2017
    • 10702

    #2
    the battery is now permanently kept out?
    this only started happening with Win11?
    the laptop came with Win10?
    any chance it is still under warranty?

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