Taylor

I've had this awful Acer 5552-5495 since 2011 and it's had problems (that I've sort of ignored) since the day I got it.

The main problem I've had is with the charger. The problem has gotten worse in the last week or so, that's why I'm just now getting around to asking.

- The charger will just randomly cut off regardless of how much power the battery has. The blue power light starts flashing when the charger cuts off. Sometimes if I unplug the charger (from the laptop, not the wall) and plug it back in, it will work again but usually the power light will just start flashing and the battery will not charge.

I used to have to close the lid (which puts the computer to sleep) for the battery to charge. About a week ago it started letting me plug in the charger with the computer on BUT the charger cuts off after about 10 minutes and the power light starts flashing.

I don't know if this matters, but the battery used to hold a charge for a hour and forty five minutes (lousy) and now it only lasts for about an hour (even lousier)...

I've tried looking on google for help about this issue, but was unsuccessful. I'd love to buy a new laptop, but can't afford to do so. Will buying a new charger and/or new battery help or should I just suck it up and buy a better laptop?

Useful, informative, amusing, and agree? Really?

If something is useful it is also informative and if something is informative it is useful... If something is informative or useful I would probably agree with it. So what is with those three similar selections?

And amusing? I though this was a place where we answer question, not humor people...

To start off, no, I'm not a troll; I have more than 6,200 points and I give correct answers. There is someone who is jealous of the amount of thumbs up I get, so he/she/it gives "thumbs down" to every answer I give. I have my profile and activity blocked/on private. How can I stop this mystery person/coward from doing this? Literally less than a minute after I post an answer, it has a thumbs down.

Does anyone have any guesses as to when the D400 will be announced? I'm a Photojournalism student and I have a D5100 that's not tough enough for my needs - The buttons are really worn out & squishy and the rubber is peeling off and it only has about 37,000 clicks. And I don't want to buy a used D300s becuase I know as soon as I do the D400 will be announced...

The hood Nikon includes with the 70-200 2.8 MKII is absolute garbage. Will a hood from a MKI mount on the MKII?

When using a Nikkor 70-200 MKII my D5100 will occasionally give me the f ee error. This doesn't make sense b/c the 70-200 doesn't have an aperture ring. I have used other lenses (14-24 and 17-35) on the 5100 and the 70-200 on other bodies (300s and 7000) and everything works fine. Nikon's customer service didn't want to listen when I said I was using a lens without an aperture ring. So my question is "has anyone else had lens-body communication issues with their D5100?"