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The Natural Philosopher
 
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Default Friggin' laptops!

Grunff wrote:
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*!


I have to agree.