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To: entropy12
Interesting point! You may want to try this...with battery installed in laptop, plug in the adapter but do not start windows. I have a feeling the battery charging light will be on, without Windows running. Please post your findings?

My battery is 100% charged. When I disabled that function and then unplugged the power cord (with the computer turned off), the battery charge light began flashing an error message. Turned the computer on and it did start up and was running on the battery, still flashing the error message.

I Enabled that function and the error message still flashed until I restarted the computer, still on the battery power.

If that function is disabled with a 100% charged battery, and then you want to move back and forth between battery and ac power, there will probably be problems.

The "fix" might be good as long as one doesn't try to use their battery.

71 posted on 04/21/2017 5:14:36 PM PDT by Will88
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And after I used about 20% of my battery, I plugged the ac adapter back in and the battery is recharging normally.

Looks like for me I can use the “fix” on ac power, but if I shift to battery it will set off an error message flashing at recharge indicator light. Makes sense since that function being disabled does control the battery to some extent.


73 posted on 04/21/2017 5:37:53 PM PDT by Will88
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Good to know. My Acer Notebook permanently runs on both battery and AC power adapter. If I remove the Adapter from computer, the battery light stays on steady, and the AC power light off, as both lights should.

Now I am typing this with AC power removed. Computer running normally and at the faster speed. Battery Light steady, not flashing. Go figure! Thanks for the experiment anyways.


74 posted on 04/21/2017 6:21:12 PM PDT by entropy12 (Read my profile for how to really reduce healthcare costs & improve quality.)
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