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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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> 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?

-- 
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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