On 28/07/11 15:18, Brian Chivers wrote:
> If it does it might be like a couple of Dell's I've looked at. If the
> centre pin doesn't make contact with the charging socket the laptop
> won't charge, it'll still work on mains as the main 19volts or so is
> carried on the inside & outside on the outer part of the connector.
Where I have encountered odd issues not explained by an old, knackered
battery in the past, I have taken a fine nail file to otherwise
unreachable copper contacts. That has been sufficient to keep them going
for a while, although inevitably the problem returned after a some time
had passed.
Sean
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