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    laptop only works with battery removed. can it be the cord?

    Thanks for your answer. It was not the battery (checked by replacing battery) and it was not the cord or AC adapter (checked by replacing the adapter). Whatever it was, I gave the laptop away. Of course: only way to find out whether it is the battery, the cord, or neither, is to test with...
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    laptop only works with battery removed. can it be the cord?

    symptoms: 1) the battery cannot be charged when laptop is OFF (charging led goes off after some seconds). 2) laptop does not work when AC cord is conncected but the battery is in place. (it might boot into os and show 0% battery before it turns off due to insufficient batter WHILE the cord is...