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Laptop Power/Battery issues
I am using Linux Mint xfce 21.3 on an Acer A515-51-58XP laptop. Last couple of weeks I am facing strange issue with powering on the laptop on random occasions (approx. 3 out of 10 times). The laptop on light (blue light) glows but nothing happens (screen remains blank). I don't even get a chance to go to BIOS. I checked my battery health using upower . The capacity shows 100% (although it is 5 years old!). Once the laptop starts it runs without any issues. I have used it for nearly 2 hours on battery. I am not sure whether this is relevant to the issue. But last couple of months, (again random
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