[Help!] Laptop won't charge at all

cl-scott

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The best thing you can do at this point is take the unit to a repair center. If that is going to be too expensive, then get rid of it. It sounds like it has a serious, and potentially dangerous, electrical fault. I would not plug it back in until it has been looked at by someone.
 

dextermat

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Hi,

If it's still under warranty contact gateway for repairs, if not

you can to a local electronic store and repair it for about 100 to 200 $

BTW gateway laptop are cheap, get another brand next time

top brand Asus / msi

2nd acer / hp / dell / apple / sony (get extended warranty as you will get trouble with 2-3 years of normal usage)

bottom feeders (don't touch with 10 foot pole) gateway / toshiba,
 
if the ac adaptor shorted out then it may have taken the mb or charing board if this laptop has a daughter board for power with it. if your lucky the power plug on the laptop the solider joint is broken. it a standard pasrt that you can order from digikey. you just have to soilder to old one off and soilder the new one on if it out of warranty.
 

qdante

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Thanks guys,

Ordered the DC jack part and going to take it for repair 8/20. See what they say.

Also, thanks for the new laptop suggestions. My next purchase wont be so cheap (gateway).