Recent content by jaahil_baadshah

I appreciate your advice but I'm kinda... broke. So unless I absolutely can't get this to boot up, I think I'll try everything. Even replace the cheaper parts. Motherboard is a whole different ball game though.... What's you're explanation for the blinking LED? If that lights up upon pressing...

You're right. But suppose it's not the charger. At least I can know where the problem is by the multimeter. What do you suggest?

Sadly no. I thought to buy a multimeter to test this one.

Umm. I'm not sure. You'll find a picture of it's charger if you search I guess.

I've stripped it three times. Nothing happened. It booted up just fine 4 times after the last disassembly. I can't understand why it doesn't start charging. Remember the battery is toast anyway so it's really the charger that matters. If the charger can't power up the thing, nothing will.

Exactly my thoughts. Should I strip the thing down to only motherboard and see if any signs of life? Like take out CD drive, RAM, display cable, touchpad and keyboard etc. That single blink of the LED bothers me. I love this system from the bottom of my heart and don't want to believe it's...

Could it be something to do with undervolting my CPU? I have been doing since some time so I don't know if that would count?

Laptop model: Dell Inspiron 3543, i7 with Nvidia dGPU Laptop age: 7 years (2014-15 model) This beast has been through it all. A quarter of a litre of olive oil spilled all over it months after we got it. It carried on. 2 batteries replaced. It carried on. Toddler used it like a trampoline. It...