Laptop won't charge

[TheFranchise55]

Anyone have this problem? It'll only charge after I wiggle the adapter for like five minutes only to find a way to hold it in that position. Now that won't even work and have to force the plug in even more for the charging light to come on. Any help would be appreciated.

[Schutzstaffel88]

Sucks brah, try to get your hands on a different charger and see if that is it... if it isn't you will have to replace the mobo. Is it under warranty? Also run a windows update, kind of crazy but I had a similar issue with my Asus a year ago or so. I updated windows and it went away... I guess teh spirit of Bill got up in dis bish

[209manny]

if it isn't the charger, then it is going to be the power jack.


if its the power jack you don't have to replace the motherboard. But you will have to take it apart and remove the old jack and solder on a new one.

[Fit1NYC]

is it a dell? its common for dell laptops to get broke. mine just did. i tried to resolder it myself. was a disaster. u can pay for the new part and work maybe 150 bucks or just get a new computer

[TheFranchise55]

I got an hp and thanks for the replies guys.

[TheFranchise55]

is there a way to tell if its the adapter or the jack. i only know one person i talk to regularly that has an hp and it doesnt fit on mine. id hate to buy an adapter just to find out its the jack.

[209manny]

is there a way to tell if its the adapter or the jack. i only know one person i talk to regularly that has an hp and it doesnt fit on mine. id hate to buy an adapter just to find out its the jack.

take your laptop over to an electronics store and unplug the display model power, and try it out on yours.




edit... hey you're from tracy! I'm from Modesto

[TheFranchise55]

take your laptop over to an electronics store and unplug the display model power, and try it out on yours.




edit... hey you're from tracy! I'm from Modesto

haha yeah. i feel your pain bro. you think a big chain store would let me just go in and try it out just in case the smaller mom and pop stores dont have it?

[209manny]

haha yeah. i feel your pain bro. you think a big chain store would let me just go in and try it out just in case the smaller mom and pop stores dont have it?

yeah, they don't care. I went to best buy with my sisters laptop that had the same issue and I just unplugged one of their display models and plugged the laptop in.

They aren't going to tell you anything, what the hell are they going to do?

Laptop companies reuse the same charger for a lot of models, my sisters laptop was from 2004 and the new toshiba laptops use the same charger.

If you try it out and it works, don't buy it at the retail store. Just go on ebay and get a charger for your laptop. You will save about 75%

[PearlSoap]

haha yeah. i feel your pain bro. you think a big chain store would let me just go in and try it out just in case the smaller mom and pop stores dont have it?
mom and pop store?

[TheFranchise55]

mom and pop store?
family owned

[PearlSoap]

family owned
so say that, smart alec

[gswarrior510]

I bought 3 chargers from amazon for my toshiba for....$3

[Marcoccia]

going through some of the same problems have an HP G60 every times it's charging I get notifications saying AC adapter is too weak. It's the adapter that came with it do it mean new laptop?

[pokerash]

At OP, I got a HP and I had the same problem and it was my power adapter $150 to replace.

Seen as you can get it working sometimes I suggest ordering one off the internet way cheaper. I couldn't do this as I needed my computer to work right away so I had to fork out the full retail amount.

Part two - I now have a new problem a few months on.

0% available (plugged in, not charging) WTF is this. Basically the second my power cord gets removed my computer shuts down.

[bking10]

happened to my dell. bought a new ac adapter and battery off amazon for $45. was actually just the ac adapter that was the problem. can find them for like $5 on amazon or ebay