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help with laptop issue please

naihasunaihasu Member Posts: 30
in Hardware

So a friend of mine recently pulled the cord to her charger (which is new, her battery is new too before anyone asks) out with her leg.. it then became finicky about what position it will charge in.

 

being nice, i opened her laptop up and fond the cracked mount then decided to epoxy it. good news! its stable!...Bad news... its not charging at all!

 

ideas? i didnt cross any wires, and only epoxied the plastic part of the input to the plastic on the interior of the case.

Comments

  • drag9999drag9999 Member Posts: 252

    I'd take it to the store if it's still in warranty. Else, I'd try another battery.

  • BukoBuko Member Posts: 61

    Power jack is busted bro. On some unit's they're built right in to the mobo, meaning new mobo time. On other's they're just a seperate piece soldered to it. Mobo replacement in laptop's pretty much means new lappy time. Ethier way if your under MFG you should be covered, just don't say anything about the friends leg >_>.

  • skeaserskeaser Member RarePosts: 4,208
    Originally posted by Buko


    Power jack is busted bro. On some unit's they're built right in to the mobo, meaning new mobo time. On other's they're just a seperate piece soldered to it. Mobo replacement in laptop's pretty much means new lappy time. Ethier way if your under MFG you should be covered, just don't say anything about the friends leg >_>.

     

    Don't say anything about the home repair either! If they see that epoxy job, they may blame you. Sounds to me like you knew what you were doing, but the MFG won't see it that way.

    Sig so that badges don't eat my posts.


  • BukoBuko Member Posts: 61

    Lawlz, I completely skimmed right over that. Yea bud, there's a good chance they'll be anal and call it "abuse", which MFG's dont cover. Just take something to the epoxy and peel it out. No harm no foul.

  • noquarternoquarter Member Posts: 1,170

    Hmm perhaps the cracked mount was the only thing letting the connector wiggle the mount enough to reconnect a broken solder joint?

  • naihasunaihasu Member Posts: 30

    someone on another forum suggested checking the solder point. It was loose so i fixed that, closed it up, plugged it in... and nothing still. im almost starting to think her new power cord is bad?

  • BukoBuko Member Posts: 61

    There's always a chance that her leg injured the cord, but the odds of that are pretty slim. Odds are on the DC jack still.

  • naihasunaihasu Member Posts: 30
    Originally posted by Buko


    There's always a chance that her leg injured the cord, but the odds of that are pretty slim. Odds are on the DC jack still.

    im gonna try to aquire a universal power cord to test that theory, and a volt meter to check the current flow of the input.  im really unsure though because the solder points are fine, i double checked them, and traced the wires back to the motherboard, the connection there is fine too.

    any suggestions on tests to run?

  • BukoBuko Member Posts: 61

    Well tests are pretty limited when comes to power issues on laptops. In all honesty take it to BestBuy or something, and walk up to GeekSquad. They normally have loads of universal's behind the desk. Just ask them to plug one in and see if it works. If you dont really have a BestBuy near you, then yea, go buy one and test it out. If it doesn't work, return it and check the warranty.

  • naihasunaihasu Member Posts: 30

    found it! the grounds solder point felt connected, but it wasnt ( apparently manufacturer put glue under a sleeve over the wire?)

    with some voltmeter tests managed to trace it to a grounding issue!

    thanks so much for the responses guys :)

    (and i used to work as a staples easy tech... so i know what they do XD)

  • drag9999drag9999 Member Posts: 252

    Awesome! Grats on fixing it!

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