[rbscooby]

ok about a month ago, my laptop charger died, no idea why, took it to a computer shop, and he opened it up and said there is no way you can repair that.

so i managed to get another one off school, tell i can find a new charger, i found one, i cant use a universal one because its apparently an odd size, so the computer shop managed to find me one that looked a similar size, it was almost the correct size bar from it was a couple MM big, but it fitted in with a push. before plugging it in i thought i better check the output power and instead of it being the 19V i had before it was 30V, so i thought better not plug it in and turn it on, and il just go get my money back.

i went to go and plug the charger i borrowed back in, and there was a great spark leapt out of it, it almost got me, i then thought its not charging and looked at the power pack and the LED was off, i thought oooo no this hasnt blown too, but strangly when i unplug it from the Laptop the LED lights back up, this had led me to belive that the power connector in the laptop is shorting on something, when i pushed the purchesed one in.

the only problem is my laptop does not charge, any ideas what i should do, is it fixable if i just open the laptop up, and try to see if anything is touching or should i take it to the computer shop to see if its repairable, i hope it is.......

[Spencer2004]

i had a simular problem with my laptop. the charger socket broke and yould often short out and only work in the right position, the funny thing is it happened to my brothers aswell. your laptop wouldnt be a dell inspirion would it?

anyways i tried to repair mine and it was impossible to get in there, you will need to get it looked at by a professional but it is a simple matter of replacing the dc socket once the laptop is open.

[rbscooby]

thanks for the comment thought no one would reply.

no i have an RM (research machines) CY25 (pretty rare laptop), how much did it cost to get it repaired?

[Spencer2004]

i didnt get it repaired, i just sold it on ebay as 'working but with faulty power supply'. however i did ask on some other forum and they said about 50 pounds

[rbscooby]

the guy who gave me the charger has offered to look it at, hopefully its just 2 things shorting on each other as i looked at the charger and the end has started to melt oops.

if not might do the same and sell on ebay.

[spot]

Originally Posted by Spencer2004 it is a simple matter of replacing the dc socket once the laptop is open.

Speaking as someone who's done it, whether it's easy or not depends on how skilled you are with a soldering iron. You obviously need to get the motherboard out of the case (by which point you've removed 40 various-lengthed screws and the desk's littered with components that have to go back in the right order), you have to unsolder three tags without disturbing the other components and you have to find a supplier for the correct connector socket out of the 50 or so in the catalogue. It's not simple at all, it's a total bitch. The good news is that the replacement part only costs two dollars.

[rbscooby]

yea well lucky for me, i got my mate at the computer shop to have a look, but he guna charge 50 labour and he dont charge for the DC jack as they dirt cheap, thats if he cant fix the one currently in there, hope he can the laptop only cost 20 lol won from a raffle