My charger is fine, and does recharge my computer. I've tried 2 different chargers, both with same results. The problem persists which leads me to believe it's a problem with my computer. I plug in my charger, and then sometimes it begins flickering between charging and not charging. Sometimes there is a 5 second interval before it changes, sometimes it's every second.
This really downs the performance of my PC, especially when playing games, as it lags and stutters while it keeps flickering.
It seems to be tied to my RAM usage, and then again sometimes not. If I make no actions on the PC, it stops after a while. If i proceeds to open google, it begins to swap on and off like crazy. After a while, it stops again. If it doesn't begin flickering, I can open a game, which will then trigger it somehow. However, some days I can take as many actions as I'd like, use as much RAM as I want, having 20+ programs running and nothing happens at all. Sometimes the problem persists even after letting my labtop shut down for hours, and when I turn it on it begins again. Some days it just doesn't appear, and everything works as intended.
It also seems to have a "cooldown". If it flickers, I can most of the time stop taking actions and it will stop after a while. If i keep on not doing anything, I can after some time open a game and run it with no problems, however it will after some time begin to flicker between charging and not charging again.
It's a frustrating problem, and I've googled it countless times but I can't seem to find anyone with the same problem.
So as a summary:
What could this possibly be the cause of this? Have you ever experienced anything like this?
SPECS
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 8
RAM: 8077 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000, -1984 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 286160 MB, Free - 16892 MB; D: Total - 403313 MB, Free - 237472 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., N76VZ
Antivirus: avast! Antivirus, Updated and Enabled
This really downs the performance of my PC, especially when playing games, as it lags and stutters while it keeps flickering.
It seems to be tied to my RAM usage, and then again sometimes not. If I make no actions on the PC, it stops after a while. If i proceeds to open google, it begins to swap on and off like crazy. After a while, it stops again. If it doesn't begin flickering, I can open a game, which will then trigger it somehow. However, some days I can take as many actions as I'd like, use as much RAM as I want, having 20+ programs running and nothing happens at all. Sometimes the problem persists even after letting my labtop shut down for hours, and when I turn it on it begins again. Some days it just doesn't appear, and everything works as intended.
It also seems to have a "cooldown". If it flickers, I can most of the time stop taking actions and it will stop after a while. If i keep on not doing anything, I can after some time open a game and run it with no problems, however it will after some time begin to flicker between charging and not charging again.
It's a frustrating problem, and I've googled it countless times but I can't seem to find anyone with the same problem.
So as a summary:
- It does not seem to be triggered by overheating.
- It does not seem to be triggered by a specific recharger.
- It DOES seem to be triggered by RAM usage.
- Sometimes I experience no problems at all, and the next day it could happen again.
What could this possibly be the cause of this? Have you ever experienced anything like this?
SPECS
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 8
RAM: 8077 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000, -1984 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 286160 MB, Free - 16892 MB; D: Total - 403313 MB, Free - 237472 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., N76VZ
Antivirus: avast! Antivirus, Updated and Enabled