laptop compooder help

[Ktmracer419]

ok i fire it up today and the screen is all flashing on and off from power saver to power mode.

i hover over the little picture of the plug and i have 6% powa remaining


and it says "plugged in, not charging"

i googled this phrase

and it can be either faulty battery/charger

vista problem

or fonculoed motherboard


well now the problem is i cant turn it on to try to figure out

stone dead

i press buttons on the battery and none of those leds light up.

WHAT DO I DO WAH




oh its like a 3 year old gateway best buy special edition with vista

[XJLI]

take out the battree. plug it in. see if works. if no work, your power supply is pewp.

[Ktmracer419]

pewper supply

it no work when i do that

now what narrows it down to that?

i know you are smurter in compoodas than me, but like what if i tapped the power input jack the wrong way and snapped a solder? or if its a vista probeem?

[HeavyMetal]

i know you are smurter in compoodas than me

[giantsfan10]

check voltage on the plug. it will say what it should be putting out on the bottom. usually like 19ish volts.

[Ktmracer419]

perhaps when i get home to my voltymeter

[jeepbogger4x4]

prolly just need a new charger. i have somewhat of the same problem and mine's about to shit the bed too

[Ktmracer419]

charger has 19.44 volts

[giantsfan10]

is the powerplug loose where you plug in? have you tripped over the coard? solider points inside can loosen up.

[Ktmracer419]

is the powerplug loose where you plug in? have you tripped over the coard? solider points inside can loosen up.

thats what i thought

[giantsfan10]

i suppose it is possible for one of the points to fail before the rest. this possibly would give you the indication of plugged in but not charging. this is a common failure, i get maybe 1-2 of these per month at work. you can tear down and resolder the jack. or get a new jack. site i used to use is http://www.laptopjacks.com/

[CumminsJeep]

my mac does the same thing and has before( i replaced the charger). I used my sisters charger and its all good.

[XJLI]

if its the port on the computer you're pretty much fucked.

[Ktmracer419]

if its the port on the computer you're pretty much fucked.

what if i kick ass at soldering?

[XJLI]

what if i kick ass at soldering?

rip it apart and give it a shot, youve got nothing left to lose.