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If you don't use the battery for a long period of time even a new battery may become dead. You can try a new battery. If it still doesn't work then the problem is with the charging IC. u can also try a desktop charger instead of direct charger.
It most likely needs a new battery, but you could try giving the battery a full charge first:
1. Power off the laptop and disconnect the power adapter. 2. Re-seat the battery (remove/reinsert) 3. Reconnect the power adapter and let it charge overnight. (6 hr+) 4. Disconnect the power adapter. 5. Power on the laptop (run under battery power only)
If it doesn't boot up and shuts down immediately, it's probably time to see about a replacement battery.
From what I have gathered on the internet, it doesn't turn off. When running it displays RPM, when engine off, displays run time. Estimate for the internal battery was 10 years, but I wouldn't bet on it. This is a sealed unit and priced low enough that after a few years it is a throw away. Liquid Crystal displays use very little power, micro micro amps, and it is possible that it is designed to charge itself when the engine is running off the pulses from the plug wire, micro amps at a time. All that said, I don't think you have a problem, just need to read the instructions and see if they say anything different, I couldn't find them online so hope you have them.
Time for a new unit. Some component on the board level is malfunctioning.
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It sounds like your first problem was the battery. The constant charging is not good for battery life and if used that way a battery rarely lasts for more than a year to about 2 years before needing replacement. The hot area should have been the battery charge circuit trying to try to charge the battery. That is also typical of a bad battery. The question is really if this all caused damage to the motherboard or the power adapter. If you leave it plugged in all the time as a lot of people do plan on replacing the battery every two years or less. If you use the battery you can easily get several years out of it.
The first thing I would do is simply take the battery out, then plug it into the power adapter and see if it works. Most laptops will run without the battery and most will hang or cause weird symptoms if the battery is bad. If it works then you know the battery is the problem. If it doesn't then you need to look at the power jack on the laptop to see if it is loose. If the plug from the power adapter has any slop it can connect enough to look right but not enough to charge or power the laptop.This would cause the exact symptoms you described. It may be possible to get it to connect by wiggling the plug around. This is also very common to see on laptops left plugged in.
If it is neither of these two from your information I would agree that there is a motherboard or power board issue.
The smell if I could smell it would tell what the problem is. If it is a mild smell of hot electronics then it can just something running hot or something covered in dust like your cpu (or fan and cpu etc). If it suddenly increased and was very strong then something may have popped or died on you.
The motherboard for that sells for about $250 from third party parts sources and you can find them for about $75 on ebay. Then you would have an hour or two labour on top to change it out. So you can check out to see if it is worth fixing. Most new laptops are not worth much more than this new so usually it is time to replace it. You can take your old hard drive and put it into a usb drive enclosure to get your stuff off of it.
What I believe they were mentioning is Flash the BIOS to the most current version, which should on the Acer support site (Support.acer.com or such)
If the old battery wasn't charging and the new one doesn't either then there also may be a hardware issue with the charging circuit if the BIOS flash doesn't resolve, at which time you discuss that issue with Acer if under warranty.
Laptops are so integrated that usually a system failure that involves power issues such as in your case where you cant get it turn on with anything on the screen mean the mainboard (motherboard) is damaged. This usually leads to buying a new laptop or paying for the board to be replaced which usually costs as much as the laptop.
It wouldn't be the lights that are running down the battery. If your battery doesn't seem to hold a charge for any length of time, it's time for a replacement battery. You can purchase a new battery for around $40 on eBay.
Good luck!
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