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Of laptops and power cords......
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RE: Of laptops and power cords......
(April 13, 2022 at 7:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Back to the laptop. 

I ran a quick stress test on the hardware, it came back with the summery "Wattage could not be determined" meaning it was recognizing it was plugged in, but saying the battery may not charge. Then I did a deep hardware advanced stress test, again everything passed but also gave the same message that the "wattage" of the power supply could not be determined. 

So, having never had this problem before today, it still seems to remain an issue of the power cord itself, or damage to the interior jack. And just now checking the life of the battery, it is saying I am down to 71percent.

Well it looks like I am going to be off line once again while I sort this out. The battery isn't charging even though it recognized the power cord being plugged in.

You should check if the power cord has power to deliver. Maybe that's the thing that broke on the inside.
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Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 12:03 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by The Grand Nudger - April 13, 2022 at 12:05 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 12:22 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by The Grand Nudger - April 13, 2022 at 12:33 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Jehanne - April 13, 2022 at 12:40 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 2:41 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 4:04 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 2:54 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 3:02 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Secular Elf - April 15, 2022 at 11:20 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 3:17 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 3:17 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 3:29 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by zebo-the-fat - April 13, 2022 at 3:57 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 4:07 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by zebo-the-fat - April 13, 2022 at 4:16 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 4:36 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 3:40 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Fireball - April 13, 2022 at 7:07 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 4:26 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 4:36 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 4:42 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by zebo-the-fat - April 13, 2022 at 4:51 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by onlinebiker - April 13, 2022 at 4:54 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 13, 2022 at 7:12 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by pocaracas - April 14, 2022 at 6:53 am
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Ranjr - April 13, 2022 at 9:15 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 13, 2022 at 9:24 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 15, 2022 at 4:37 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Thumpalumpacus - April 15, 2022 at 5:11 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 15, 2022 at 5:29 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 15, 2022 at 5:41 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Thumpalumpacus - April 15, 2022 at 5:55 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by arewethereyet - April 15, 2022 at 6:28 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Thumpalumpacus - April 15, 2022 at 6:39 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Ravenshire - April 15, 2022 at 8:07 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Thumpalumpacus - April 15, 2022 at 10:47 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 15, 2022 at 10:38 pm
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 16, 2022 at 7:34 am
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by The Valkyrie - April 16, 2022 at 9:20 am
RE: Of laptops and power cords...... - by Brian37 - April 16, 2022 at 12:55 pm

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