Laptop is DYING!

Kaiju · 23 Oct 2006 at 00:59

My g/f's laptop died a minute ago, basically it's not charging, so it's either the battery or charger. As a laptop should run without a battery and only the AC adaptor i'm guessing it's that, but isn't it more common the battery is dead? If it was the battery, then how would I know?

Sparky191 · 23 Oct 2006 at 01:50

Kaiju said:
My g/f's laptop died a minute ago, basically it's not charging, so it's either the battery or charger. As a laptop should run without a battery and only the AC adaptor i'm guessing it's that, but isn't it more common the battery is dead? If it was the battery, then how would I know?

It would work on AC but not on the battery.

Could be an internal fault, like the ac connector on the laptop.

Kaiju · 23 Oct 2006 at 13:48

It won't work on the AC, i'm just unsure as to whether it could also be a battery problem. It must be the AC.

z0mbi3 · 23 Oct 2006 at 13:53

Get her to give it a good blow. Then take the battery out and try blowing around the contacts too.

I had a problem similar to this with my lappy, the contact just wasn't good. Did as above and it worked fine.

greeny_fastcar · 23 Oct 2006 at 15:16

z0mbi3 said:
Get her to give it a good blow.

Thats all I saw of that.

But seriously give what z0mbi3 said a try and see if that works.

Kaiju · 23 Oct 2006 at 16:58

The BJ didn't work, so i've ordered an AC adapter.

J.B · 23 Oct 2006 at 18:36

funily enougth i just finished repairing an acer travelmate 2700, would only charge if you held the cable in a certain way, then it stopped completly. first i thought it was the contacts for the charger. then i found a thread on another forum, turns out its badly soldered. had to resolder the charger input onto the mainboard.

sorry if i've hijacked your post

Sparky191 · 23 Oct 2006 at 23:21

J.B said:
funily enougth i just finished repairing an acer travelmate 2700, would only charge if you held the cable in a certain way, then it stopped completly. first i thought it was the contacts for the charger. then i found a thread on another forum, turns out its badly soldered. had to resolder the charger input onto the mainboard.

sorry if i've hijacked your post

Thats a common problem with Laptops.

squiffy · 23 Oct 2006 at 23:23

J.B said:
funily enougth i just finished repairing an acer travelmate 2700, would only charge if you held the cable in a certain way, then it stopped completly. first i thought it was the contacts for the charger. then i found a thread on another forum, turns out its badly soldered. had to resolder the charger input onto the mainboard.

sorry if i've hijacked your post

Could be damaged wire on the charge lead too, the negative wire was all corroded