Hey! I just wanted to send some love your way. I know sometimes you're feeling under the weather. If you need a hand with the video editing at some point, too, I've got Sony Vegas and a decent eye, aha. Here's hoping you get a good power cord together. Now that you mention it, mine is on the wonky side too!
zybor
was it the battery problem? :(
if it was the battery, in the temporary time, removing it would be safer for the laptop's life.
if your adapter has problem, you can walk into any major electronic store and get a generic Acer adapter. all Acer's power port are the same.
Troisnyx
It wasn't the battery; the charger's cable had a crack in it. I noticed all Acer's power ports are the same; Seán had a charger from an old Acer netbook and it seems to be working okay.
This particular Aspire has the oddity of not having a removable battery; you actually have to unscrew the bottom of the PC to remove the battery (yes). I have no idea why they did that, but it's a thing.