Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57 Laptop sudden shutdown and blinking battery when plugged in

Hello,

I bought an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57. Shortly after I bought it, in about 2 months, it experienced a factory SSD failure. I sent it for repair and they replaced the SSD without claiming my warranty. After I got it back from repair, I experienced some issues with it. I am unaware if this issue is OS-related or hardware related but I have gotten a blue screen before. All I have is a picture of the blue screen, a video of my laptop shutting down after 1 minute of turning it on, despite being 99% charged, and a video of the battery blinking red while plugged in. The battery blinks red frequently but at random intervals, I could go to my kitchen and go back to my laptop, and it would blink red for a few seconds or a few minutes then return to being blue. It usually stops blinking red after I slightly move my laptop. I tried sending it for repair in December, but nothing was fixed, all that happened was a cleaning of the heat sink fan. A week after I got it back from repair, I still experience the same issues, the laptop shutting down spontaneously and the battery blinking red. I am very distressed as this laptop just became a year old and yet I experienced all these issues. Am I just unlucky or is this normal for people? Does anyone know how to fix it or has experienced something similar?

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[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

Accepted answers

William_mk2

@AnsonW

I understand you say "A week after I got it back from repair, I still experience the same issues, the laptop shutting down spontaneously and the battery blinking red"

I am really sorry for the inconvenience which has caused to you.

First of all , we need to determine whether it is a hardware or software issue.

Step 1. We can replace the battery and check to isolate the issue

Step 2. We can reinstall the windows and check to isolate the issue.

Step 3. You can contact the service center and check

Step 4. You can contact the warranty dept and check.

Before doing those steps..

I am really sorry for the inconvenience.. Let us do the basic steps first..

Doing the power drain and bios defaults will really help. Kindly follow the steps given below:

Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices or any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down. On the bottom of the laptop, you can find a pin hole. It is a tiny hole. You can a find a battery symbol indicator next to the hole. It is like a + and – sign symbol as though somebody is trying to shift the battery out. Insert the pin on to the hole for 30 seconds. Remove the pin. Flip the laptop. Connect the charger cable, turn on the computer. Only on laptops where the battery is inbuilt you can find the battery reset hole on the back of laptop.

If you don’t find a pin hole on the back of laptop then you might be using removable battery. There is no need to unscrew anything to remove the battery. Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices and any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down. On the bottom of the laptop, please look at the top or bottom depending on the way you look at it. You can find a long door. It is a battery removable door. Just below that you can find a latch. If you move the latch you can remove the battery door. Once the battery is removed, flip the laptop. Open the top cover, press and hold the power button for 1 minute. Connect the battery back on the back of computer. Connect the charger cable back and then turn on the computer.

If you don’t see a reset pin hole on the back of laptop or if you are not able to remove the battery (if it is inbuilt) then please unplug all the cables and devices out of laptop. Hold the power button for 1 minute. After releasing the button you should wait a while before plugging in power. Just because the button has been pressed doesn’t bleed off all the residual electricity on the motherboard. Wait 15-30 minutes before plugging in power. Then once power is connected wait for a full battery indication before turning the system on. That allows the battery to fully reset it’s internal statistics.

Connect all the cables back and restart the computer.

While turning on the computer, tap f2. It will go to bios. Press f9 once. It will show load bios defaults with a yes or no popup. Press enter. Popup screen will disappear. Press f10 once. It will show save changes popup with yes or no. Press enter. Computer will restart and it will load into windows.

It might also be the issue with battery, charger or power outlet. Try to use the charger in a different room on a different power outlet. Try to bypass the surge protector and connect it directly to power outlet. Try to use an alternative charger if possible. Try to turn on the computer without the charger and check it ( as long as the battery is not drained out )

Try windows x

go to device manager

expand Battery

right click on all the items below battery – uninstall

Restart the computer

It should work fine..

All comments

William_mk2

@AnsonW

I understand you say "A week after I got it back from repair, I still experience the same issues, the laptop shutting down spontaneously and the battery blinking red"

I am really sorry for the inconvenience which has caused to you.

First of all , we need to determine whether it is a hardware or software issue.

Step 1. We can replace the battery and check to isolate the issue

Step 2. We can reinstall the windows and check to isolate the issue.

Step 3. You can contact the service center and check

Step 4. You can contact the warranty dept and check.

Before doing those steps..

I am really sorry for the inconvenience.. Let us do the basic steps first..

Doing the power drain and bios defaults will really help. Kindly follow the steps given below:

Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices or any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down. On the bottom of the laptop, you can find a pin hole. It is a tiny hole. You can a find a battery symbol indicator next to the hole. It is like a + and – sign symbol as though somebody is trying to shift the battery out. Insert the pin on to the hole for 30 seconds. Remove the pin. Flip the laptop. Connect the charger cable, turn on the computer. Only on laptops where the battery is inbuilt you can find the battery reset hole on the back of laptop.

If you don’t find a pin hole on the back of laptop then you might be using removable battery. There is no need to unscrew anything to remove the battery. Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices and any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down. On the bottom of the laptop, please look at the top or bottom depending on the way you look at it. You can find a long door. It is a battery removable door. Just below that you can find a latch. If you move the latch you can remove the battery door. Once the battery is removed, flip the laptop. Open the top cover, press and hold the power button for 1 minute. Connect the battery back on the back of computer. Connect the charger cable back and then turn on the computer.

If you don’t see a reset pin hole on the back of laptop or if you are not able to remove the battery (if it is inbuilt) then please unplug all the cables and devices out of laptop. Hold the power button for 1 minute. After releasing the button you should wait a while before plugging in power. Just because the button has been pressed doesn’t bleed off all the residual electricity on the motherboard. Wait 15-30 minutes before plugging in power. Then once power is connected wait for a full battery indication before turning the system on. That allows the battery to fully reset it’s internal statistics.

Connect all the cables back and restart the computer.

While turning on the computer, tap f2. It will go to bios. Press f9 once. It will show load bios defaults with a yes or no popup. Press enter. Popup screen will disappear. Press f10 once. It will show save changes popup with yes or no. Press enter. Computer will restart and it will load into windows.

It might also be the issue with battery, charger or power outlet. Try to use the charger in a different room on a different power outlet. Try to bypass the surge protector and connect it directly to power outlet. Try to use an alternative charger if possible. Try to turn on the computer without the charger and check it ( as long as the battery is not drained out )

Try windows x

go to device manager

expand Battery

right click on all the items below battery – uninstall

Restart the computer

It should work fine..

William_mk2

@AnsonW

If it is still not working then we have to do a refresh and reset

click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started

or

on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top - click on get started

It will show you keep my files and remove everything

chose keep my files

chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset

It will be in progress..

login to computer and start using the computer.

If it is still not working

click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started

chose remove everything

click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on reset

It will be in progress

Note:

If you do refresh ( keep my files ) - all your personal files like pictures, music , documents , videos will still be intact. Only the applications will be lost

If you do reset ( remove everything ) - you are doing a factory default. It will become like a day one computer. It will wipe out everything and take your computer to day one like a new computer.

You can also do the recovery in an alternative way..

There are two alt keys on the keyboard. If you look at the bottom row of keyboard you can see the one on the left side of space bar and the other on the right side of space bar. The alt key on the right side will be looking like alt, alt gr or alt car. Turn off the computer. Hold the alt key on the left and tap f10 continuously. It will go to repair mode. It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot. If it is not going to repair mode, turn off the computer. Turn on the computer. Hold the right alt key ( alt gr or alt car or alt ) and then tap f10 continuously. It will go to chose an option continue and troubleshoot..

It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot

Go to troubleshoot - click on reset this pc

click on keep my files ( only applications will be lost ) chose your account and type your password - click on local reinstall - click on reset

It will be in progress

If the keep my files option is not working

Go to troubleshoot - click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – just remove my files – click on reset

It will reinstall windows.

If the just remove my files is not working..

Go to troubleshoot - click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – Fully clean the drive – click on reset

It will reinstall windows.

Note: You can also go to chose an option , continue , troubleshoot by holding the alt key + tapping f10 or alt gr + tapping f10 on the keyboard while turning on the computer. Once you see the troubleshoot option, you can stop tapping the f10 and stop holding the alt key. Then you can try the keep my files and remove everything ( just remove by files and fully clean the drive ) by following the steps which was mentioned above.

If it is still not working after reinstalling windows it might be the hardware issue.

Step 1. We can replace the battery and check to isolate the issue

Step 2. We can reinstall the windows and check to isolate the issue.

Step 3. You can contact the service center and check

Step 4. You can contact the warranty dept and check.

You can try try the step 1, 3, 4 now..

William_mk2

@AnsonW

If your laptop is in warranty you can contact the warranty dept. Go to the website support.acer.com - chose your country. On the new page - scroll down - click on "contact support". Scroll down. You can find the phone no to contact the warranty dept.

If it is out of warranty, please contact local store or

Go to the website support.acer.com - chose your country. On the new page - scroll down - Click on "Repair My Acer" - Request to have your Acer product repaired.

Additional info to contact Acer Store: Please visit the website - support.acer.com - chose your country - click on shop. You can buy desktop, laptop, monitor and accessories. Alternatively, on the top right corner you can find the phone no to contact Acer store. For the parts which are not available on Acer store, you have to contact local store.

leonaip

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/678764/acer-nitro-5-laptop-sudden-shutdown-and-blinking-battery-when-plugged-in

replace the battery and charger

William_mk2

@@AnsonW

If it is still not working after reinstalling windows it might be the hardware issue.

Step 1. We can replace the battery and check to isolate the issue

Step 2. We can reinstall the windows and check to isolate the issue.

Step 3. You can contact the service center and check

Step 4. You can contact the warranty dept and check.

You can try try the step 1, 3, 4 now..

AnsonW

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1177713#Comment_1177713

Can I ask the repair centre for a battery replacement and charger? I still have my warranties but I am not sure if I can claim it for that. Or do you mean I should buy a battery and new charger?

AnsonW

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1177679#Comment_1177679

I tried the battery drain and reinstalling the battery drivers you mentioned. So far it looks to be working. I have not experienced any blinking battery or sudden shutdown. I'll keep looking for any signs of the issues though. If it remains this way for another week, I will make the post a solved one. Thanks!