Laptop does shuts down after few seconds.

[koolgoal]

I have a laptop Acer aspire 4937 and it does not opens even if the battery is 100% charged.my battery is ok.only is that I have to charge the battery when laptop is switched off because when plugged in while laptop is on it does not charge or even do not show charging.
Also I can on the laptop only by plugging the charger but the battery doesn't charge.when laptop is on.
It means that the battery remains the same charge say 60% even if I work for 2 to 3 hrs by plugging in the charger.
Please help me.

 

[Albretch]

Laptop does shut down after few seconds or do you have a problem with the charger and/or the battery?

You should be able to sort out/narrow down a bit what the actual problem may be.

Have you tried booting your laptop with the battery disconnected and using a liveDVD such as ubuntu or knoppix (just for a test)?

Starting your laptop with a liveDVD does not alter your sw installation in anyway, so no fear of installing a virus (it doesn't even physically touch your drives!)

Once you do that try then to test your memory using

memtest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memtest86

http://knoppix.net/forum/threads/10573-Test-memory-with-Knoppix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIOaINDfhm4

Testing that the machine is able to boot and that its memory is functional are the first "sign-of-life" tests I do while fixing computers

lbrtchx

 

[TechNotGuy]

I don't actually understand because your title does not describe your problem at all. You are claiming that your laptop isn't charging but the title says laptop shuts down after a few seconds. If your problem is the tile then it could be a cause of overheating or a battery that needs to be replaced. If the main problem is the one you described in the first post then it could still be a bad battery.

 

[koolgoal]

I don't actually understand because your title does not describe your problem at all. You are claiming that your laptop isn't charging but the title says laptop shuts down after a few seconds. If your problem is the tile then it could be a cause of overheating or a battery that needs to be replaced. If the main problem is the one you described in the first post then it could still be a bad battery.