how_supra Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I already know the answer to this I think..... If your ac/dc plug/socket on your laptop is buggered [thats the technical term] is there another way of charging your laptop battery? - IE external battery charger for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilsideTT Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 bye bye laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm sure you could just remove the battery and use the existing charger connected up with a couple of wires, you would have to be careful you don't short them out. If the socket is broken it can easily be replaced with one from Maplins or RS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 bye bye laptop I've come to that conclusion. I'm sure you could just remove the battery and use the existing charger connected up with a couple of wires, you would have to be careful you don't short them out. If the socket is broken it can easily be replaced with one from Maplins or RS. Thats interesting. The laptop is 18 months old and nothing else wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 In what way is it buggared?? I'd get it to a PCB guy and see if he can fix it. My old laptop blew up (literally - had smoke pouring out of it) and I got one of the guys I work with that knows PCBs to refurb it. Pretty simple if you have all the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 If its a HP one I might be able to help with a repair... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 it does depend on how it's "buggered" though, my vaio one stopped working once, so i took it apart and found that the pins were bent, so i just bent them back. Another time i fixed a friends one that was really "buggered" so i bought a male and female conector from maplins and soldered a lead off the motherboard so that the connector dangled out the back. there's many ways round it, give me a shout if you need me to take a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 If its a HP one I might be able to help with a repair...Really? A friend of my Mrs sent her Toilet Packard laptop over to me because it wouldn't power up. The battery was flat I guess and plugging the mains in did nothing. I tried a known good mains adapter but that didn't power it up so I just gave it back to her tonight and said I didn't know. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 In what way is it buggared?? I'd get it to a PCB guy and see if he can fix it. My old laptop blew up (literally - had smoke pouring out of it) and I got one of the guys I work with that knows PCBs to refurb it. Pretty simple if you have all the gear. What I think happened, was my laptop over heated [it was getting very hot] and melted the ac adaptor into the dc port, when I removed it, half of the plug stayed in the dc port [yes I broke it], and the only way to remove it was with a pair of pliers. Since then the port doesn't work and neither does an appropriate charger. I guess when I forced it out, I broke the internals. If its a HP one I might be able to help with a repair... No its a cheap one from PC world. Advent a model which PC world no longer support apparently. it does depend on how it's "buggered" though, my vaio one stopped working once, so i took it apart and found that the pins were bent, so i just bent them back. Another time i fixed a friends one that was really "buggered" so i bought a male and female conector from maplins and soldered a lead off the motherboard so that the connector dangled out the back. there's many ways round it, give me a shout if you need me to take a look I would say that it is really buggered, but if there's a possibility its not terminal I'd be interested in exploring ways of fixing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 What I think happened, was my laptop over heated [it was getting very hot] and melted the ac adaptor into the dc port, when I removed it, half of the plug stayed in the dc port [yes I broke it], and the only way to remove it was with a pair of pliers. Since then the port doesn't work and neither does an appropriate charger. I guess when I forced it out, I broke the internals. No its a cheap one from PC world. Advent a model which PC world no longer support apparently. I would say that it is really buggered, but if there's a possibility its not terminal I'd be interested in exploring ways of fixing it. end of the day if it is really buggered then no harm in going for drastic measures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Really? A friend of my Mrs sent her Toilet Packard laptop over to me because it wouldn't power up. The battery was flat I guess and plugging the mains in did nothing. I tried a known good mains adapter but that didn't power it up so I just gave it back to her tonight and said I didn't know. Any ideas? Sorry Jake, only just spotted this. Issues like this are common on most HP (and other) laptops, normally dropping the battery out and removing the AC power supply will force a HW reset. If that doesn't work then it'll need a BIOS reset. If you know the model type or (preferably) number I should be able to get instructions for it. Since the HP-Compaq "merger" the components themselves are no longer made by HP, we just stick a badge on the finished item after some 16yr old Chinese kid has glued them together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 That worked with my old Compaq Armada too Homer. At first I thought the whole thing was foobarr'd but doing just that resurrected it. Nice to know I found the official fix all by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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