This is the laptop charger. I have two laptops that use the same charger.
I watched a movie on one laptop on battery, then plugged it in and went to sleep. Got up in the morning and the laptop wouldn't boot. It never ocurred to me that the charger was the problem -- the laptop is old and has been dropped a few times :). I pulled out the backup laptop, used it, set it on the charger and went out for the day. Returned home, and second laptop is dead.
Pulled out my spare charger. The backup laptop will run on the spare charger, but its battery will not charge. The primary computer still will not boot.
Do you folks have any idea what is going on here? Is there anything I can do to fix the battery on the backup computer, or do I just need to order a new one?
Any ideas about how I might be able to save the primary computer, the one that won't boot at all? Its running lights come on but the screen does not, and I do not hear the hard drive spin up. The screen and the wiring that goes to it are relatively new, replaced 6 months ago, so I doubt that is the problem.
(The backup computer frankly sucks. It is terribly underpowered and not upgradeable. Not a daily driver.)
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