Do you have a question about the Power problem on your Acer Travelmate 6293?
Do you have a question about the Power problem on your Acer Travelmate 6293?
Hi, my travel mate 6293 works fine on battery, but the moment I plug it in, it turns off and starts a crazy power loop where all buttons light up (no screen) before shutting down again. It repeats this over and over. Even after buying a new charger and testing it in another laptop with no issues, nothing helped. I took out the hard drive to test the memory separately; still no luck. I even tried every possible combination of the memory and even sourced the original docking station, but the problem is still there. Any help or advice would be super helpful? I know how easy it is with desktop computers, but laptops are my worst enemy. I love old Acer machines so much that having this working again would be amazing for me.
Is it dumb to ask since you're pretty skilled at computers like laptops, right? But even though they are just regular PCs in this case, have you made sure your drivers and BIOS are always fresh?
I'm sorry, it's been a while since this happened, but I pulled this laptop out again just to check. The BIOS works on its own. When I tried to turn it on without a hard drive attached, I got the exact same error messages, which means the problem isn't with software or drivers.
First try disconnecting the battery, then the motherboard's power supply and the charging cable after that press the power button for 15 seconds to get rid of any leftover electricity. Check if the battery is okay: it should have about 3.3 volts; if it's old, it might be a bit less than that, but not much lower. Try connecting just the power cord to the display and RAM, then see if your laptop stays on. If you're still seeing lights flicker or looping, measure the power coming from the motherboard using a multimeter to see if there are 19 volts there. You should also check for a power MOSFET (that's a fancy part that makes electricity work). Here is more advanced stuff about electronics and I recommend taking your laptop into a repair shop so they can figure out exactly what's wrong. Finally, you can measure the current coming from the charger to see if it jumps around too much; if it does, try with a different one or an universal charger and check again.