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Miles Adams Posted on Dec 04, 2013
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Power light keeps flashing when in sleep mode

When I turn off my laptop (it's an Acer Aspire 5542 if that matters) The lights that indicate that it's plugged in begin to flash, stedily getting faster. I thought that this was a problem with my battery, since that had not been replaced in like five years and had been asking me to replace it for a fair while, but it still has been doing it even with a new battery.

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It is normal -this indicates that the laptop is in "sleep" mode & NOT in shutdown mode.

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Tom Griffis

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SOURCE: MSI Wind u100 - battery LED flashing red

check for an update with windows 7 then go online to asus support or call them. They should have a solution for you.

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  • Posted on Jan 08, 2011

SOURCE: my acer aspire one won't turn on (no lights) after

Try accessing the vendor's page from another computer, saving the firmware update from there and then upgrading yours from a powerup, possibly using a CD as the USB device won't be powered yet, of course.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 12, 2011

SOURCE: My Acer 5542-1462 is dead.

Could be a battery, power adapter or power receptacle problem.
Please refer to the following 2 articles to diagnose & fix the problem:
http://www.fixya.com/support/r6416948-troubleshooting_laptop_power_failures
and,
http://www.fixya.com/support/r6395191-troubleshooting_laptop_power_failures_ac

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