Acer aspire E5-511-P51E wont boot up, orange battery light keeps flickering

NameThat
NameThat Member Posts: 3 New User
edited October 2023 in 2020 Archives
As you read in the title the laptop wont boot up, and the battery light keeps flickering. I bought the laptop  in 2014 for my birthday. Exactly 1 year and 2 weeks later the laptop broke down and would not boot up (yes i have kept the laptop all this time). I took it to the shop where i bought the laptop, they said it was a hard drive and motherboard issue and could better spend the money buying an other laptop then buy a new motherboard. So after all these years i wanted to check if that was the real problem. I pressed the on button but it didn't boot and there where no lights flickering yet, then i took the laptop apart and put two 4 gig ram in it, but didnt boot up, but the battery lights started flickering about every second. 

Now to my question, what does that flickering mean and could i fix it myself?
Thanks in advance,




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  • Sterces
    Sterces Member Posts: 54 Devotee WiFi Icon
    Sounds like a bad battery to me. All you could do is replace it.
  • NameThat
    NameThat Member Posts: 3 New User
    edited January 2020
    Sterces said:
    Sounds like a bad battery to me. All you could do is replace it.
    If i plug out the battery it stays the same, do i have to buy a battery
  • NameThat
    NameThat Member Posts: 3 New User
    Sorry, i meant that if i plug the battery out th light will stop flickering
  • Sterces
    Sterces Member Posts: 54 Devotee WiFi Icon
    NameThat said:
    Sorry, i meant that if i plug the battery out th light will stop flickering
    Yes. If your battery is flickering while charging thats usually a sign of failure. A sort of notification. Buy a new battery and check back here.

    If it was the motherboard we'd see a solid unchanging light or none at all. I'm sure its your battery. :smile:

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