Hi Eleanor, Try taking out the battery and run the laptop on the mains without the battery in. As I said I have found that a faulty battery can suck down the mains current. Aedan. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:16 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop electronic Problem No, it happens on battery and mains but that said now let me correct myself a little, it had a short on keyboard and on USB mass storage device of 125GB but on a smaller pen drive it did not have a short. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Aedan O'Meara" <aomeara@xxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:24 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop electronic Problem > Hi Eleanor, > Does the problem go away if you take out the battery and run on the mains > adapter instead on its own? > I've seen a bad battery short down the mains supply as well. > Aedan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of > Eleanor Burke > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:33 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Laptop electronic Problem > > I have a laptop which has developed a severe fault. If I plug in an > external keyboard to any of the USB sockets, the machine immediately > switches itself off!!! Now if I plug in a thumb drive to any of these USB > ports the same thing happens. Apart from telling me to bin it! any > suggestions as to what the problem might be. If I let the laptop soldier > on, as it is, it is functioning once I do not go to plug-in a peripheral. > > Eleanor > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq