the laptop just went out suddenly. dead. no lights, nothing. i went through the entire sticky checklist to determine if it is a power issue, but i don't have a second adapter to try. i am a rookie with a voltmeter, but think i had things seated correctly, and it kept fluctuating wildly from 19.2 to 3.4, to 4.7 to a blank screen in 1-2 seconds, before the screen going blank. i moved the probes around a bit and got similar readings. sometimes the voltmeter just read a "1" to the far left for a quick second. it never read the 20v needed.
can a faulty power adapter mimic a dead motherboard? thanks! more potentially stupid q's to follow!!
berbes
can a faulty power adapter mimic a dead motherboard? thanks! more potentially stupid q's to follow!!
berbes
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