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Laptop starts for some time then turns off.

Imranuetian

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Apr 10, 2013
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Hello, I bought used hp nc4400 notebook in running condition, back at home i started it and tried to charge battery but couldn't. it was running only when plugging in charger. i got charger of some other model with rating 19.5 v instead of 19 v and it started charging the battery. after battery was 80% charged it was shut down by itself. after that if it is started it starts and after few seconds restarts by itself, then turns off. if i try to start it again, power led goes on, hard disk led goes on, fan goes on but it shuts down before some display on screen. if i try after a rest of an hour or so same scene repeats. please help
 


Unfortunately i didn't, i got this from my friend who had hp 1000. this charger have rating of 19.5 volts but original had 19 v written on it.