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Guess what it was... The video card driver! Apparently it was corrupted and was causing this problem somehow. When this computer booted into windows it did have a warning message to place the ATI disk in the CDROM but I didn't think much of this. Not to cause the AC adaptor to not work. I...

Huh? I don't understand what you are saying. Setting where? In Windows?

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Thanks for the replies! I fired up the machine without the battery and it booted right up. As soon as the sound plays for Windows and right before it goes to the desktop, it shuts off cold. THe light on the AC adaptor goes out as well. Makes me think this is a setting in Windows or something...

I have my Father in Law's notebook here that he asked me to take a look at. I build my own desktop computers but I admit I know nothing about laptops. Heres the problem. Computer runs OK but not on AC power. Just runs off the battery when the notebook is on and begins beeping and dies in...