Arch Linux

abreak

Member

Registered: 2016-12-07

Posts: 1

Toshiba Chromebook 2 won't run without AC power

Hi everyone,

As the title states my chromebook won't run without AC power. If the AC adapter is not connected, the chromebook will not boot; if the AC power gets disconnected it will immediately shut down (as if the battery had died). The weird thing is that my battery is being recognized and is supposedly at 100%:

$ upower -d
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path:          AC
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Sat May 22 03:35:18 2094 (1850691689 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    warning-level:       none
    online:              yes
    icon-name:          'ac-adapter-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               BYD
  model:                G71C000
  serial:               0001
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Tue Dec  6 21:06:55 2016 (96 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               fully-charged
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              38.9082 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         38.9082 Wh
    energy-full-design:  45.6 Wh
    energy-rate:         0 W
    voltage:             12.93 V
    percentage:          100%
    capacity:            85.325%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
  History (charge):
    -369615178	0.000	unknown
    -369611456	100.000	fully-charged
    -337602208	0.000	unknown
    -1008643899	100.000	fully-charged
    -445213400	0.000	unknown
  History (rate):
    -369615178	0.000	unknown
    -369611577	0.000	unknown
    -305592839	0.000	unknown
    -1008644020	0.000	unknown
    -307925639	0.000	unknown
    -369597241	0.000	unknown
    -309822778	0.000	unknown
    -369600837	0.000	unknown
    -305689884	0.000	unknown

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Sat May 22 03:35:18 2094 (1850691689 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  battery
    present:             yes
    state:               fully-charged
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              38.9082 Wh
    energy-full:         38.9082 Wh
    energy-rate:         0 W
    percentage:          100%
    icon-name:          'battery-full-charged-symbolic'

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.99.5
  on-battery:      no
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  critical-action: PowerOff

One last oddity is that if the AC power is disconnected, and if I reconnect it and reboot, then the hardware clock is off and I have to manually reset it.

I'm not sure if this is a hardware or software issue, or how to troubleshoot this further, but I'd like to be able to use my laptop without keeping it plugged in all the time. Thanks in advance for any help/advice anyone might have.