Tim Downie wrote:

Of course I could just send it off for repair but it's going to be a new
motherboard job and it probably needs a new battery too and and the end of
the day, it'll still be a fecking Packard Bell Easynote laptop. spit

Simplest thing to do is open it up, remove the DC socket and solder in a
short (~30cm) flying lead terminated in a line socket. Use a good
grommet at the exit hole.

And *don't buy Packard Bell again*!


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Grunff