laptop powers off when not plugged in

karl bracken

hey all,

just wondering can anyone shed some light on the above question, latop will stay on for about 5 mins if not plugged in and just powers off but if its plugged in it never powers off??

any ideas...

thanks

Willbbz

How old is your laptop and it's battery?
Sounds like the battery is dead or on it's way out

jimmycrackcorm

Battery is dead. My 3 year old laptop is the same.

chucken1

Ya.Batterys dead. I took mine out and just leave it plugged in when Im using it. It gets very hot though. Ive been told I can get a fan to cool it down?

I understand not everyone can stay plugged in. My silly!

karl bracken

bout 2 and a half years old asus X50RL

thanks lads makes perfect sense when you think about it, having a slow day....

but i dropped it around the time it started hapening so i thought they might be connected

Any ideas where to get a cheap battery?

Gadget.Repair

karl bracken wrote: »

hey all,

just wondering can anyone shed some light on the above question, latop will stay on for about 5 mins if not plugged in and just powers off but if its plugged in it never powers off??

any ideas...

thanks

Do you use the for the 5 min it stays on. Must laptops power off after 5 min if nothing is done when on battery power.

You can change these settings in control panel. Under power options.

If you do use the laptop for those 5 min and it still powers off then your battery is fecked.

karl bracken

ah yea think its the battery its not going into hibernation or anything its just cutting out completely

Overheal

and are you watching the charge during the 5 minutes? Does drop dramatically or does it just for example cut off when it hits 80% or something?

karl bracken

no its completely random

have answer now i think,

thanks all