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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 01:43 PM
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laptop not taking power
from the a/c adaptor so it runs only on battery powered. This is a dell latitude and I have check the a/c adaptor cord and it works fine with other laptops that are the same. What do you think is wrong?
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 04:31 PM
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1. Mebbe the laptop's power input?
Do you have another cord you can plug into the laptop?
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 04:46 PM
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2. yes I tried
a cord from the exact same machine and also tried my cord with that machine and it worked. So the cord is good.
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:35 PM
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3. Check the power settings?
In control panel. Maybe it's stuck on battery power or something--it should switch to line power automatically, but maybe something's weird there. Otherwise, I'd suspect a hardware problem with the power socket.
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 11:45 AM
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4. thanks
I will check in control panel but I am thinking it is a hardware problem also.
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:56 AM
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5. nothing in control panel
indicates any problems. Any other ideas?
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 02:54 PM
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6. Napes. Sorry, that's all I got.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 09:36 AM
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7. could be a bad jack.
Take the battery out and plug the adaptor in and wiggle it while trying to power up.

If it works, for even a few seconds, then your jack has come loose from the circuit board and will need to be resoldered.

That's a pretty common problem unfortunately because the only thing holding most of those jacks in are two or three solder points. Years of plugging and unplugging can break those joints.
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:25 AM
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8. Thanks I'll try that
and see what happens.
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