Aspire 5253 Charging Problem

Chris_C

I installed Win 8.1 on a 3-4 year old Acer 5253 for a friend. I upgraded the memory to 4 GB & the laptop seems to be working fine. Occasionally when you plug the charger in the charging light doesn't come on, though usually it does. I've charged the battery several times to 100% but today it reached 96% and stopped. Now when I plug the charger in the charging light starts blinking, which it never did before. Most of the posts in this forum re: charging problems discuss changing the charger or battery. The owner bought a new battery a few months ago. Do you suggest buying a new charger, or could something else be causing the problem? I've taken the battery out & reinstalled it a couple of times but it still does the same thing.

Ryanrr

The first test I would suggest is trying to power the system on with AC power only with the battery removed. If the system works without the battery and only on AC power, then I would say the adapter is working.

 

When the system gets below 96% does it charge?