Does your laptop power supply have a centre small pin ??
If it does it might be like a couple of Dell's I've looked at. If the
centre pin doesn't make contact with the charging socket the laptop
won't charge, it'll still work on mains as the main 19volts or so is
carried on the inside & outside on the outer part of the connector.
Do you have another PSU you can try to rule that out ??
Brian
On 27/07/2011 09:21, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
Peter,
Just a word of warning...
My last work laptop was a Dell D620 which experienced what sounds like
identical charging problems to yours, but in that case I borrowed a known
good working battery from a colleague and found that it too would not
recharge - the only conclusion therefore was a fault on the motherboard or
charging circuit.
Unfortunately, unless the battery has charge status LEDs on it, there's
probably little else you can do but try a new one... good luck with that
anyway.
That is my fear, I can't tell if it's the motherboard or the
battery. The battery has no indicators it's self so I have no idea
what is going on inside.
Peter
On 26 July 2011 15:27, Adam John Trickett<adam.trick...@iredale.net> wrote:
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2011 15:09:42 Benjie Gillam wrote:
Most laptops in my experience work without a battery so long as the mains
charger is connected - if yours doesn't then I fear it might be the
motherboard that has failed.
I did say it work fine otherwise, which is why I'm hoping it's just a dead
cheapo battery.
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