http://community.acer.com/acer/tracker rmjds73 Tracker Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:15:00 GMT 2014-11-15T01:15:00Z http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Acer-Aspire-R7-Randomly-Shuts-Itself-Off-A-Power-Shortage-Issue/m-p/232990#M38411 <P>sorry i forgot to say that i dont have an R7 i have a D270 i dont have the two screws people are talking about, but I have the same issue, and I resolved it by doing what i wrote above.&nbsp; I still have to find why my laptop is loose where the power button is.</P> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:39:27 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Acer-Aspire-R7-Randomly-Shuts-Itself-Off-A-Power-Shortage-Issue/m-p/232990#M38411 rmjds73 2014-04-01T17:39:27Z http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Acer-Aspire-R7-Randomly-Shuts-Itself-Off-A-Power-Shortage-Issue/m-p/232264#M38283 <P>On mine the issue is with the power button. &nbsp;For some reason the left top side where the power button is, is sort of loose, so if you pull the screen, the two plastic pieces..top where the keyboard is, and the bottom of the laptop will open a bit ( you can see it from the side where the power button is, the two pieces come apart, theres a gap)...it must somehow interfere with the power button. &nbsp;The problem is that in the control panel if you go to the power options, and you click where it says...what to do when you press the power button...it will say on battery SHUTDOWN when plugged in SHUTDOWN, just make sure you change these two settings to DO NOTHING. &nbsp;</P> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 02:04:28 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Acer-Aspire-R7-Randomly-Shuts-Itself-Off-A-Power-Shortage-Issue/m-p/232264#M38283 rmjds73 2014-03-31T02:04:28Z