Studio 17 Won't Start Up

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Hi

I have a studio 17, however I came to it yesterday and the light on the outside PSU thing was not on, so teh computer wouldnt power up. I tried a few times, and eventually contacted the company and they diagnosed a fault on the outside unit, and sent me a free replacement. This came today and when I plugged it in the plug socket the green light turned on, however when I plug the other end into the dell, it turns the green light off and it wont power on. It keeps doing this? Does anyone know the problem? Or will I have to send it back, any ideas what they will do with it? (i.e. replace or fix). As I have a lot of university work on the hard drives that I have stupidly not backed up. I am not sure if it voids the warrenty if I open it, so don't want to risk that.

Cheers
 
Hi OP

Have you tried running the laptop with the li-ion battery taken out and using the new PSU?

It sounds vaguely like the laptop power regulation circuit is fried (and shorting out the PSU). So don't leave the new one plugged in for long if the laptop still doesn't start!!

Bob
 
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