Laptop dies when AC outlet is turned off.
My laptop is plugged into a GE surge protected electrical outlet strip. The laptop battery is charged. The laptop will run more than 1/2 hour on the battery. If I unplug the AC power cord direct at ...
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TenOC wrote:
The laptop will run more than 1/2 hour on the battery...
If I unplug the AC power cord direct at the laptop the laptop continue to run on the battery...
However, it I flip the switch on the GE outlet strip the laptop dies for lack of power.
How is this a bad battery? Any battery that can run a laptop for an hour (as the OP stated later on)is not a bad battery in my book.
My theory (WAG) is that the GE strip has a surge protector on it that provides just enough juice that the laptop "thinks" it is still plugged in, but it turns off because there isn't enough juice to power it.
Dave
