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Re: ASUS UL30 contact problem

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"Roland Mösl" <founder@pge.org> wrote in message
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> On 2012-04-13 21:47, BillW50 wrote:
>> "Roland Mösl"<founder@pge.org>  wrote in message
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>>> I have since August 2010 an ASUS UL30
>>>
>>> I had the effect since years, but now it's
>>> a severe problem.
>>>
>>> Suddenly, there is the animation in the middle
>>> of the screeen "Switched to DC mode"
>>>
>>> This was before maybe one times per day,
>>> now it can go as bad as it flashes several
>>> times a second.
>>>
>>> When I bend the contacts in the plug,
>>> the situation improves.
>>>
>>> I think it's a contact problem at the plug.
>>>
>>> It would be not so bad, when I could switch
>>> off the animation with the "Switched do DC"
>>> message.
>>>
>>> How could I switch of this animation?
>>
>> Which OS are you running? And disabling the ACPI driver might work. 
>> But other things may not work like the special Fn combo keys. Doesn't 
>> that laptop come with a two year warrantee? If so, why not have it 
>> repaired?
>
> I would use this warantee, if I would have a useable second notebook
> at home.
>
> Acer Travelmate 800 from 2003 - only 40 GB harddisk, battery runs 5
> seconds
>
> Lenovo R61 from 2007 - Hinge on both sides broken, touchpad defect,
> some keys defect, not possible to transport

Well it probably won't be long before your Asus will no longer charge
the battery. So that will be soon another laptop you can't use. I dunno,
it sounds like it will cost about 100 bucks to get a larger hard drive
for the Acer including a new battery. Although you could get a decent
working laptop for about that on eBay too. But you should do something
soon before the warrantee runs out on that Asus.

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP 

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ASUS UL30 contact problem Roland Mösl <founder@pge.org> - 2012-04-13 20:42 +0200
  Re: ASUS UL30 contact problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-13 14:47 -0500
    Re: ASUS UL30 contact problem Roland Mösl <founder@pge.org> - 2012-04-13 21:55 +0200
      Re: ASUS UL30 contact problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-13 15:42 -0500
  Re: ASUS UL30 contact problem Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-04-14 06:34 -0700
  Re: ASUS UL30 contact problem Happy Oyster <*@*.*> - 2012-04-14 15:46 +0400

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