When I was travelling, I used someone else's charger (19V, 2.34A) that had a far lower amperage than what my original charger was (19.5 VDC, 6.15A). The computer kept rejecting the charger, with the battery light flashing orange and the battery refusing to charge. To get around this, I powered off the computer and plugged the charger into my laptop so it would be forced to use the charger. Surprise, Surprise, the laptop suddenly powered off when I tried to run it off of the weaker adapter (without a battery), and wouldn't charge or power on even with the right adapter.
I searched for troubleshooting a blown internal power supply fuse since that's what I concluded the problem most likely was, and found nothing that helped me at all. I did find a thread with my exact problem: http/superuser.com/questions/509898/laptop-motherboard-shorts-when-connected-to-adapter , but it didn't have any information that was helpful to me, and I don't have any special equipment to test the wires/fuses. Is the main board dead, or do I still have a chance to fix the issue with it?
I'm attaching a picture of the main board where the AC adapter jack is, because I'm not sure if I actually blew a fuse or resistor, and I'm not too experienced at spotting things like that.
Picture of the board facing upwards: http/i.imgur.com/dMZL5sk.jpg
The connector with 4 wires attached to it is the AC Adapter jack.
I searched for troubleshooting a blown internal power supply fuse since that's what I concluded the problem most likely was, and found nothing that helped me at all. I did find a thread with my exact problem: http/superuser.com/questions/509898/laptop-motherboard-shorts-when-connected-to-adapter , but it didn't have any information that was helpful to me, and I don't have any special equipment to test the wires/fuses. Is the main board dead, or do I still have a chance to fix the issue with it?
I'm attaching a picture of the main board where the AC adapter jack is, because I'm not sure if I actually blew a fuse or resistor, and I'm not too experienced at spotting things like that.
Picture of the board facing upwards: http/i.imgur.com/dMZL5sk.jpg
The connector with 4 wires attached to it is the AC Adapter jack.