This time, it's a hardware problem.
My sister broke my laptop last night. She moved it away from its powercord, which seemed fine, and was running it off the battery until the battery was just about flat and started beeping, so we plugged in the power cord to charge it, except that there was no power coming through the power cord, and we knew this becuase the computer kept beeping, and the little power light on the cord didn't show up. We checked and double-checked the cord at the wall through to the fanning bit and the rest of the cord, and nothing seemed to be wrong. Then we unplugged the cord from the computer, and the light came back on. It has power until it gets plugged into the computer, and then it has no power, which is of course very unhelpful. Consequently, I can't recharge my laptop battery or run it off the mains, and so I have no computer at home. It seems to make a magneticy type of click when the cord goes in, which to me seems like a bad thing. Anyone had this problem before? Anyone got any solutions?
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//It seems to make a magneticy type of ...
//It seems to make a magneticy type of click when the cord goes in, which to me seems like a bad thing
what's clicking - the computer? or the cord/plug? just wondering if that was the sound of arcing power (broken connection).
might be worth looking for a ref on the net about your laptop model and how to reset the power/battery recharge manager ...
The plug and the plug hole are ...
The plug and the plug hole are clicking. What's arcing power? I bet that's what it is.
resisting the temptation to say "buy a ...
resisting the temptation to say "buy a desktop" (in part because I was impressed at the number of places I could have used wireless interweb overseas)....
.... can you clarify "moved it away from its powercord". Do you mean like unplugged it, or pulled it away so that the plug came out funny. Cause if you mean the latter, you might have been the contacts in the hole so that they're not connecting properly. In which case the click might be it hitting the connecting bit in a funny way.
ooh. maybe still a bit tired. ...
ooh. maybe still a bit tired. phonetic-ish mistakes are usually a symptom of that. Throw in a question mark, and "bent" for "been". I mean like if you accidentally move the laptop further than the cord will reach, and the plug got pulled out a little sideways.
most likely the adapter ($60-150), but ...
most likely the adapter ($60-150), but could be just the cord (which are real cheap) or even the power connector on the laptop (real expensive, if you have to say replace the motherboard). What brand/model of laptop is it? is it still under waranty?
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I'm figuring it's the power supply, ...
I'm figuring it's the power supply, just because the cord seems to be normal still. Boo urns.
It's an NEC laptop, I can't remember the model off the top of my head, but it is still under warranty because I cleverly bought the extended warranty knowing that I wanted to stop sleeping with computer geeks and figuring I'd therefore have to start paying to have my computer fixed. So I will find out where I need to take it in, and get someone to have a look at it, and cross my fingers that it's not going to be very expensive to fix - and that it's not completely dead on the inside (Back up data? What is this strange concept?)
multi-meter...
multi-meter
meh just get a new adapter. Worked for ...
meh just get a new adapter. Worked for me.
Though its absurdly odd how many people I know of whose laptop adapter things have blown up in the last month...
Sorry Joanna i'm just gonna sneak this ...
Sorry Joanna i'm just gonna sneak this in here....
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I didn't even know there WERE ads on ...
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