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    Solved! Repair laptop power adaptor

    8 months after replacing the power adapter only no issue, everything works fine. I just wanted to give feedback and say thank you.
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    Solved! Repair laptop power adaptor

    I see your point, but I'm going to take small steps: this computer is 5 and a half years old, and has been used a lot, especially for gaming, so if the mobo was the culprit I might as well buy a new computer. The sudden shutdown on battery was totally new. I checked the battery again and it...
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    Solved! Repair laptop power adaptor

    Thank you for looking that up. Original PS is 135w. The exact model of my computer is VN7-792G-72KF. My port is purple instead of yellow. By the way the port has been moving but very very little since a long time. This one is way more expensive but looks more right...
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    Solved! Repair laptop power adaptor

    You're welcome to correct me on this subject, it's actually useful to me. I had misread 'PS output'. I thought you meant to select such a thing on the multimeter, now I got that. Anyway, while I'm waiting the new power supply, I used a 45w charger to use the computer to do super basic stuff and...
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    Solved! Repair laptop power adaptor

    Thank you for your reply. What do you mean with 'PS output'? Yesterday I tested the connector end in DC 20V and I had no voltage. Wiggling the cable never made a difference, but, I suppose, it might be shorted inside. I checked the very beginning of the cables with multimeter: no voltage there...
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    Solved! Repair laptop power adaptor

    Hello everyone. My power adapter for acer nitro black edition v17 one day was connected to the electricity but didn't work. Unplugged and replugged than it worked. This behavior got worse over time. Lately I had to unplug the cable that runs from the adapter to the wall socket so many times...