Recent content by dmaclean123

Awesome. Thank you, very much. It's reading around 7.3, no matter how I test it. It's not super clear from the first photo but I can see that the there is no contact on what I believe is the '4 pins shorter together' side. You might be able to see from this photo...

Thanks again. I wasn't able to find a schematic. I've had a look at the motherboard and as far as I can see there's one obvious problem, which is a mosfet, between the DC in and battery, that's clearly burnt. See here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-oR2P4TZAn1AcNW9iRrahs-i9upuAlzB Is...

Thanks for your response. I'm probably a bit out of my depth with that.. might be time for a new laptop. Would that explain why the new battery went from 75% to 2% just through taking it out for a minute? I did buy a replacement DC jack when I thought that was the problem. Do you think it's...

I have tried the methods suggested on other threads and they didn't work. The problem started when the DC jack came loose inside the laptop. All I had to do was glue it back in place, no soldering or anything else required. After I did this, the replacement charger I was using stopped...