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Laptop wont stay on after wrong charger was used

Vladipiggy

Commendable
Dec 31, 2016
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Laptop turns off after a little bit after I plugged in the wrong charger. The voltage of the chargers are the same, but the amps on the regular one are 3.34 and the one I plugged in was 4.84. A quick search said that its not an issue, but I have no idea what else it could be.
 
Remove battery and CMOS battery from motherboard if there is one, hold in the power button for 30 seconds. Using the correct charger, with batteries still out see if system turns on.
 
I might try that if I get time, but we think its fried. I followed the leads with my multimeter and it doesn't go far.

 


It isnt in my case it was 19.5 to 19.5. In my specific case I have an integrated board so my whole motherboard is broke now.