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my acer aspire one only turns on with wall power. help?

May 3, 2015 7:46AM PDT

i installed a new battery to this aspire one 722 and stills wont turn on .

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Try Bob's advice at link.
May 3, 2015 8:01AM PDT
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The Aspire One is known to need that procedure.
May 3, 2015 8:33AM PDT

It's also old enough to need:

1. A new internal CMOS battery.
2. Some need the main battery to charge for a long time (minutes to some hours) before you do the reset and retry.

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i spilled water on it before and took it apart to find any
May 3, 2015 1:45PM PDT

corrosion and cmos battery still works . Grin

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(NT) also i spilled water on it
May 3, 2015 1:29PM PDT