BlueWolf Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Was gone for two days and brought my laptop with me as I knew I had wifi in the hotel. Filled it up with a few series I'm watching and some programming projects I was working on. After arriving yesterday I opened my laptop, logged in and had only just send a message to my friends saying I had arrived when it just... went off. Despite that the battery was still full I couldn't turn it on. Plugging in the charger didn't do anything other then making the light on the charger go weird as if it was short circuiting. @*(@$*( All my plans went right out of the window as I discovered I had nothing else with me to do I still have warranty on it but the shop has closed a few months ago so this may get fun. I already had to get a replacement for this laptop before... GOOD THING is that I have near live backups of my laptop so I won't loose a single file on it. Something I'm really grateful of I had once made it place for myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterchillz Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Okay, this is weird. Guess I shouldn't ask if you tried to pull out the battery and then try to connect it to a charger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Oopps Not sure i'd survive without my lap top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahjng Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 If it's still under warranty can you get in touch with the maker direct ? They should still honour it. (Unless it's Dell, if it is bin it and start again, horrendous customer service ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Okay, this is weird. Guess I shouldn't ask if you tried to pull out the battery and then try to connect it to a charger? Second thing I tried. But even without battery as soon as I plug in the charger its light gets dimmed and starts faintly pulsing, like a broken light. Something it's not supposed to do obviously. Laptop still doesn't do a thing, not even the light that the charger is connected gets turned on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterchillz Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ouch! Too bad that troubleshooting laptop hardware isn't as easy ... My first and only guess would that the PSU is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Oh no that's not good , I would be fine without my laptop but if that was my phone I think I'd cry lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 tradgedy :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Not good you get anything sorted yet Jos ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Yep I have. Brought it back and he took a look at it. He said he's almost sure the motherboard burned out because there was a huge amount of dust in there, which is weird considering I only have this laptop for just 6 months Either way, while working on my laptop he apparently found the solution for another malfunctioning laptop. It's the same one as mine. So he repaired it, swapped my ssd and battery for it and that's now my 'new' laptop again. Didn't cost me a thing So apparently it attracts a lot of dust. With that in mind I'll make sure I clean it regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Yep I have. Brought it back and he took a look at it. He said he's almost sure the motherboard burned out because there was a huge amount of dust in there, which is weird considering I only have this laptop for just 6 months Either way, while working on my laptop he apparently found the solution for another malfunctioning laptop. It's the same one as mine. So he repaired it, swapped my ssd and battery for it and that's now my 'new' laptop again. Didn't cost me a thing So apparently it attracts a lot of dust. With that in mind I'll make sure I clean it regularly. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Good news, even better that it was Gratis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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