When last I reported about my Acer Aspire One netbook that had had the DC input jack repaired, it was running OK on AC but would still randomly shut down when running on either the original 6 cell battery or a newer 9 cell battery (with both batteries showing up as fully charged in the OS). I'd tried flashing the bios, reinstalling the OS, and had it to Liberteks in Albany twice. Having it run without problems on AC was fine but it is a netbook after all so it should be portable.
I was ready to just get rid of it when I decided to bring it back to Liberteks one more time. Well, now it finally appears they fixed it - it now, finally, runs on the battery and on AC without shutting down randomly. The best part is how they fixed it: they claim they removed the motherboard and baked it in an oven! The only thing I can imagine is they wanted to reheat any cold solder joints, but wouldn't any heat high enough to melt solder destroy the components on the board? Unless maybe cold solder joints don't have to be reheated "all the way?" I don't know what it was, I've never heard of doing this before, but apparently it works. I really, really hope the damn thing just works now. -- Frank L. "Cranky Frankie" Palmeri, Risible Riding Raconteur & Writer “The blues is my business, and business is good.” - Etta James _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011
