 Laptop power supply, dell sucks |
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| Laptop power supply, dell sucks |
 Apr 15 2006, 10:24 AM
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 genpets.com Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 21-March 06 Member No.: 123  |
I think my power supply on my laptop just busted. It doesn't get hot when I plug it in to a wall, but the light turns on. When I plug it into the laptop the battery light doesn't go on. I want to order a new one but not until I know for sure its the power supply and not the connection on the laptop's end that is fried.
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Apr 15 2006, 10:31 AM
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genpets.com Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 21-March 06 Member No.: 123 |
Woah that was weird - I plugged the power cable into the power supply and something popped, and now the laptop's charging...
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Apr 15 2006, 10:47 AM
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oh i know what you're talking about. that does tend to happen.
it just means you will die in [creey voice] 7 days. --------------------  |
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Apr 15 2006, 11:33 AM
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you have 7 days to figure out the creeping popping noise or you will die
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Apr 15 2006, 12:03 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
Check your power supply with a voltmeter, see if it's putting out a current, etc...
-------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Apr 15 2006, 02:18 PM
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genpets.com Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 21-March 06 Member No.: 123 |
I don't carry a trusty voltimeter... I do have a tongue though
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Apr 15 2006, 03:20 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Ostar @ Apr 15 2006, 02:18 PM) I don't carry a trusty voltimeter... I do have a tongue though ! 
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Apr 15 2006, 03:29 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (Ostar @ Apr 15 2006, 02:18 PM) I don't carry a trusty voltimeter... I do have a tongue though ! That's hot! 
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Apr 17 2006, 11:46 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
lemme guess... it's a dell.
between myself and my friends, we've had to ship our laptops/power adapters back to dell i think 8 or 9 times now, in the past two years. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Apr 18 2006, 12:05 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
dell has some shitty adapters
if it's a dell it should have a battery test thing on it, check that also try to pull the battery & plug it in to see if your battery is dead -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2006, 12:47 AM
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genpets.com Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 21-March 06 Member No.: 123 |
Its a dell- and its not the battery its the cable going from the power source to the laptop. There are several points on the cable where it gets warm... and if its not positioned right no power gets through. I ordered another one... only $35 including shipping.
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Apr 18 2006, 12:48 AM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
hmm, i think the power supply on my desktop is going to die any day now. the last couple of times i've restarted my computer there has been a warning about it.
(it's a dell, too) |
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Apr 18 2006, 11:02 PM
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monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
hmm, one of the dell support people told me to just take out the battery and put it back in. when i started it back up, i didn't get the warning.
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Apr 18 2006, 11:23 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Apr 18 2006, 11:02 PM) hmm, one of the dell support people told me to just take out the battery and put it back in. when i started it back up, i didn't get the warning. your desktop has a battery...? are you talking about the CMOS battery? -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Apr 18 2006, 11:28 PM
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monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (zetec @ Apr 19 2006, 12:23 AM) are you talking about the CMOS battery? yeah... why do you ask, machine? |
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