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road-runner
Oct 27, 2016Explorer III
RLS7201 wrote:I confirm all of this for Dell laptops. That signal wire has a habit of breaking from flexing at the DC plug, resulting in the message that the laptop will run, but the battery will not charge.
Look closely, at the DC connector, there is a outer shell and inner shell that carries the power to the LT. HP/Dell LTs look for a coded signal on the small pin in the center. When the coded signal is not present, the LT will function but the battery will not charge. Now you know.
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