Questions tagged [charger]
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How to bypass Dell charger detection?
As the title says, I want to bypass the adapter detection, because it disables the battery charging, and slows down the CPU (I have killed this with ThrottleStop).
The charger is working fine under ...
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Laptop Freezes until I either insert or remove charger
I have an odd bug and I'm not sure what might be causing it. I have a 15.6" Xiaomi Notebook Pro with a USB-C charger.
Every so often, my laptop screen freezes. Music still plays in the background and ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad x250 wont charge when On. Installing Windows fixes this
I have a Problem with my ThinkPad and Linux. Debian Jessy to be exact. I am using all the original parts Lenovo provided me with. After approximately 8 months now my notebook refused to charge when ...
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DELL Inspiron N 5050 doesn't Power On until I Plug-in the Charger
I bought a Dell Inspiron N 5050 last week, and recently discovered a problem with my laptop. It doesn't Power On until and unless I Plug-in the charger.
After I plug-in the charger, it boots up fine,...
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Laptop keeps switching between being plugged in and not plugged in with external battery
When I have my external battery hooked up to my laptop, it shows as being "plugged in, not charging" for a few minutes but then after about 10 minutes or so, it switches between being plugged in and ...
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HP laptop slows down when charge is connected
My hp-laptop throttles drastically when i connect the charger to it. There is no load on the laptop but i think load does not matter as it works just fine when charger is removed.
It is HP-15-dy1xxx ...
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Notebook screen colors get weaker when disconnected from battery charger (not the bright)
I'm experiencing some difficulties when using my notebook, because the colors seem to get weaker/washed out when the battery charger is plugged out. Some backgrounds and borders for example almost ...
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Charging a laptop with usb c charger but it does not support it will damage the port?
So there is a reverse charging thing built into smartphones nowadays.I connected my phone to the usb port of my laptop and my laptop said charging is not supported from this port and I saw that ...
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Charging issue with Asus S200E
I have an Asus S200E series laptop that runs Windows 8 and I'm having trouble charging it. The Laptop will only charge when it's off (orange indicator turns on), and this also is not consistent, ...
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Using 110-220v charger to charge laptop battery which says 14.8 v
I am sorry if this seems a silly question but I am worried about ruining my laptop.
The battery of my laptop no longer worked. It was 14.6 V /2670 mAh. I had been charging this with 220v plug socket ...
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My HP laptop and its charger are becoming incompatible
My HP power adapter (19.5 Volts) is unable to charge my laptop (HP 15G-BR016TX).
These are the symptoms of the charging issue:
99% of charging attempts will not work.
Rarely, however, it does work. ...
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DELL Latitude 5480 with Intel Core i5 7th Gen laptop fan runs continously
Just to tell you some history. My laptop was recently upgraded to Windows 10. It was working fine with no issues. In just the past few days, it's making a lot of sound when the battery charger is ...
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Touchpad stops working when charger is plugged in
I have a Dell latitude E6320. When I plug in a new dell charger it chargers the battery but the touchpad stops working. When I unplug the charger the touchpad works just fine. I plug in a universal ...
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enquiry about cable adapter charger
I just bought an laptop acer travelmate it come with an original charger but his plug cable has three pins (like in pic above) a guess it's a italian plug.
I am wondering if can i use my current ...
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HDMI not working while plugging in Power charger to the laptop (works fine with battery only)
I have an Acer Aspire 6930 with Nvidia 9600m GT GPU, there is a weird issue that occurs when I connect the Acer Aspire to an LG TV with HDMI cable... the Laptop recognizes the TV and everything seems ...
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Laptop quit charging, needs new charger but which one?
I have an HP Pavilion g6-2211nr I got it about 2 years ago. This last couple of months i havent been able to use it because It stopped charging. For a while It would if i held the cable a certain way ...
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HP pavilion dv5 doesn't start with AC adapter
I'm experiencing a problem with my HP Pavilion DV5 laptop. It will not power on with the charger only. It did so before. It powers on with the battery, but the charger light on the side next to the ...
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The monitor on my Lenovo Thinkpad suddenly started going black, displaying normally, back and forth (3 cycles avg) when plug in or unplug from charger
This just started happening and I’ve found lots of questions and answers on forums with similar phenomenons except none of them go back and forth, that is the display goes black and then back to ...
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Keyboard lights turn on when device is off
My laptop's keyboard lights on when I plug in the charger but the device is off I didn't turn it on although the keyboard light turn on
It still on even I unplug the charger
What is wrong with it?
My ...
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Got an IdeaPad S206, but only round Thinkpad chargers. How to charge?
I'm working on a used Lenovo IdeaPad S206, to possibly make it donation-worthy. Right now, my problem is: Can't charge it! It uses a charger that's different than ThinkPad chargers (both the round and ...
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Laptop charger on high performance making "crackling" sounds
I've read multiple threads about how a "crackling" noise coming from a laptop charger is worrisome, but I recently I found that my laptop charger makes this sound only when my computer is ...
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Lenovo Y50-70: How to totally stop the performance throttling when using a non-OEM lower wattage charger?
I have Lenovo Y50-70 (Core i7-4710HQ), and I have to use these days a non-OEM charger with more than 50% lower wattage (65 Watt) than the original charger (135 Watt).
So, are there any more settings ...
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Why does this PD 3.0 charger no longer switch to 20V 3A (60W) PD 3.0 after charging the smartphone at 9V 3A (18W)?
This Amazon Basics USB C charger was able to use 20V 3A (60W) PD 3.0 to charge a laptop Lenovo Flex 5.
However, after charging the smartphone through the 20V 3A (60W) port at 9V 3A (18W), it "...
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Charger turns off when laptop have battery in it
My E6430 laptop works fine with only charger or only battery. But when I plug charger after inserting the battery the charger turns OFF. But my laptop stay ON on battery. So, I cannot charge my ...
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Laptop CPU runs unnecessarily fast when charging
When I connect the charger to my laptop it immediately jumps to around 4GHz on all 4 cores, sometimes even 4,7 GHz. It also draws around 40 watts, settling to around 25 after a while, instead of below ...
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Charger laptop disconnect after few minutes when laptop connect with monitor via HDMI
I just bought new LG monitor of 24 inch. I connect it with my LENOVO laptop via HDMI cable. the problem is whenever I try to plug in my laptop charger, it will disconnect from charging even though the ...
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Xiaomi Notebook Pro GTX does not turn on without a charger
Good afternoon.
Bought a laptop at the beginning of the year and faced a problem: the laptop does not turn on without a connected charger. I press the ON button and see the LED blinking red. If the ...
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Story of two HP laptop chargers
I have two 65w HP laptop charger with 19.5V rated output voltage and 3.33A output current. When I use a voltmeter/digital multi-meter output voltage is showing as 19.5 on both chargers, but the ...
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Can I use a similar rated charger if it has the same connecter pin size?
I have a Lenovo Y510p laptop. It uses a 120W 19.5V 6.15A rated charger and the connecter pin is 5.5*2.5 mm. I can neither find an original Lenovo charger nor a compatible adapter with exact ratings in ...
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Slowly charging laptop after charger replacement
I have browsed questions with similar title on this site, but my case is different. Recently, my charger was not getting connected to my laptop. Then I replaced the charging cord which now connects ...
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Laptop struggling to charge
My 2 year old Asus Zenbook Ux305f has, very suddenly, started only charging when I hold the plug in the socket - it needs holding extremely tightly (I can't do it for very long without getting tired, ...
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Laptop is not charging (DELL Inspiron 13)
My laptop stopped charging all of a sudden. As a result, battery went down to %0 so I am not able to use it anymore.
What I have tried so far:
- Different power outlet
- 3 different brand-new ...
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What's wrong with my laptop charger?
I have a 2009 DELL STUDIOXPS 16 laptop with most of its original parts (the HD failed and I had to change it).
Preamble: previous supply problems on this laptop
A couple of years ago, the battery ...
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New Laptop Charger starts and stops charging
I have a Lenovo Y50-70 laptop, and A lost its charger a while ago. Its chargers output was 20v 6.75A, so I bought a 20v 6.75A Lenovo charger from somewhere (but it doesn't look like my old one and its ...
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Beeping laptop charger cause?
I have a dell power adapter for my dell laptop (although it's not the original, it was ordered online, it has dell engraved on the charger). Anyway, it stopped charging the laptop, no green light, and ...
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laptop not receiving proper power
I have a laptop, ASUS x550j
i7 4710HQ
8GB RAM
Windows 10
From past few days i am having a problem, while i connect an external keyboard it doesn't work well. Sometimes it automatically presses a ...
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Right Voltage, still not charging
My charger died a bit ago and even after ordering a new one with the exact same Voltage (19.5v) and Amps (4.62a), the laptop does not charge. Is there something that needs troubleshooting, or has ...
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Laptop charger voltage fluctuation
I had sent my laptop(Dell inspiron 5520) for repair as it wasn't getting charged at all. The battery was working fine though. The technicians at the service centre told me that the voltage ...
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Laptop overheats when connected to the wall plug, but not when using battery
Especially when playing CS:GO CPU temperatures reach 95 but when I unplug the charger and use only the battery, the temperatures remain around 85. The game runs smoothly in both cases.
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Power charger Asus laptop
My model number X550L is not mentioned in a list of compatable modal numbers. Some look close to me i.e. few letters different X550CA X550CC X550VB and the one shown is 19v 3.42A witch would match the ...
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HP charger converting 3 pin to 2 pin
I'm having difficulty changing HP 3pin to 2pin. it has the same amount of volts and current but won't even show a sign that it's working.
I tested it using a multimeter it shows 19.5vdc and 3.85 A ...
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Can I use an HP charger on my Dell Inspiron N4010?
My laptop has
19.5V
3.34A/ 4.62A (what does this mean?)
The HP Charger had
Input :
100-240V
1.6A
50-60Hz
Output:
18.5V
3.5A
Can I use this charger on my laptop without damaging the laptop or ...
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Source for a battery charger cord plugging directly into the battery, not the laptop
I am buying a new battery for an old and retired Gateway W340UA so my son can have a laptop for 5th grade. The school's BYOT rules state that they cannot charge at the school. To eliminate wear and ...
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Dell Latitude laptop disabling charger
My Dell Latitude E5510 running Windows 7, seemingly random disables the charger/adaptor. After unplugging the charger from the socket, waiting a few seconds and plugging it back in, it works fine (...
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Why is my charger not staying plugged in?
I have an MSI Gaming Laptop and today when I plugged it into the charger, the charger just slid right out. I don't know if the problem is with the charger itself or with the port on my computer. What ...
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can i use a laptop charger with same input voltage but differen input amperage?
My original laptop charger is not working, can i use a new charger ? whose input 100-240v-2.4a (2.4a) 50-60hz and output 20v(20v)== 4.5a(4.5a). My original cahrger input 100-240v~1.7a 50-60hz and ...
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Laptop showing up black screen
I have a Dell Studio 17 laptop. Once I forgot its charger and charged it with the charger from Dell Inspiron 1525. After using this charger for several times, my laptop is not turning on despite using ...