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Recent content by zecharia18

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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    ok, i sut opened the back cover even when i knew that it wont give me much info and i didnt see any visible damage to the battery. Anyway, Thanks for your help, i'll go get this laptop checked, hoping that the repair wont be too expensive.
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    Update: i just discovered that the battery now lasts instead of about 5.5 hours, a mere 2 hours tops. that is probably indicating that it was damaged, I should probably take it to a lab to get it checked right?
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    that's what i thought because every circuit is connected parallel to each other. oops, my laptop froze while i typed this, i don't know if there is any permanent damage from the original crash because the laptop is still running smoothly, can i check the voltage of a socket with a multimeter?
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    Yes apparently a socket in my apartment is capable of 260 volts (while my PC charger is able to handle 240 volts max) so that's may have shortened the circuit (if that is the correct expression). do i need to plug the charger to another socket?
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    You are correct about risking voiding the warranty and the voltage, but the reason i bought the adapter was not to adjust the voltage, it was because the american plug does not fit to the socket: A standard socket in israel is: while the american plug looks like this: it simply doesn't fit to...
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    Oh sorry I wasn't sure about how to reply. Anything else?
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    well taking it back is not really an option for various reasons, but thank you for your reply.
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    Acer aspire 5 sudden crash

    Hi there, i'm new around here and though this is the best place to post. i recently got the acer aspire 5 (laptop, amazon's best seller) and all was well for a couple of days until a sudden crash (screen goes black and not responding to anything). The only way i managed to restart it is to just...