Just opened new acer aspire 5734Z and the battery says plugged in, not charging.

Lots of laptop have power profiles that switch when either AC is plugged in or removed.
There should be a memorized screen brightness setting in your power management options. Usually it's located in the built-in Windows settings under Control Panel -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings.
You should see a brightness slider for the screen for "On Battery" and "Plugged In". Pick your brightness from there and it should stick.
Another way is to use the "FN" key on your keyboard. Hold down the FN key and press the associated brightness picture, which on your Acer, should be the RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys. Keep holding the FN and tap the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness. Usually the setting will stick this way, but somethings you have to use the control panel method for it to really stay.
You also might have another program for power like Acer ePowerManagement which should have the same settings as windows, but layed out differently.

Replace the inner part of the fan - some unit just slip right out.
check on kijiji and find a local computer repair guy that will sell you one for 5 or 10 bucks, or get a broken laptop for 50 to 100 and lots of parts. I had one broken wing and broke on off the other side to even it out... even though one side had 1 extra wing it wasn't that far off balance so vibration should be minimal.
if you keep your laptop clean inside around the heat-sink and fan area and put silver heatsink on the gpu and cpu as well as install the manufacturer drivers and update them to cool things down and speed things up and keep things from heating up.
One more issue is the charging port and charger end get frayed and or loose and will cause heating issues and have caused fires.
Replace batteries that are weak as they are continually charging too much.... Store batteries and at 70% and don't pull them out of the laptop while it's plugged in.
Fully charge batteries and fully discharge them between charges.
Good to have 2 batteries.
Don't use hot batteries especially after charging and don't charge a hot battery.

aka Mr.Fix-it!
East Coast Canada

What HDTV input cable?

In your words.

Post back in a Comment.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Video-Connectors-Tutorial/157

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Video-Connectors-Tutorial/157

http://laptops-specs.blogspot.com/2011/01/acer-aspire-5734z-specifications.html

"2 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x external display (VGA) port
1 x Headphone/speaker/line-out jack
1 x Microphone-in jack
1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
1 x DC-in jack for AC adapter"

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

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

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

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_connectors#DVI-related

Regards,
joecoolvette

If your laptop computer runs normally on the ac adapter, but the battery won't charge, please try the following troubleshooting steps:

1) Remove the battery from the system.

2) Look at the connectors in the bay and on the battery for signs of physical damage.

3) Check the battery charge by pressing the status button or image on the battery near the LED's. Note: The lights indicate the current amount of charge on the battery. If all the LED's come on when you press on the butto, the battery is fully charged. If fewer lights are lit, then the battery is partially charged. If any lights flashm or blinkm there could be a problem with the battery.

4) Reinsert the battery; puch until it locks into place and the latch snaps back to the locked position.

http://www.chargerbuy.com/replacement-acer-aspire-5734-ac-adapter-19v-90w-cord.html

Remove your battery pack, and plug in the live power source, and switch on your laptop, just to test if the if your laptop turn on. If it does, your battery had reached end life usage, so you need to replace the battery pack.

Hope it helps.

All the drivers can be found at:

http://www.laptop-driver.net/acer-aspire-5734z-drivers-windows-7-32bit


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Ifthe laptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be wornout. Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cyclesand will lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up atall. ORThe battery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected thebattery drops off to zero capacity in a very short time. Ifthe battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to bereplaced.

Download the Acer Aspire 5734z webcam drivers from the below link

http://tinyurl.com/suyindrivers