On 6/27/2015 at 10:15:11 AM Pat wrote:


To the OP:
Your question is worded in such a way that it appears you think the
power supply is inside the laptop. It isn't. It is that black
rectangular thing half way along the power cord. The supplies
themselves don't fail that often, but the connectors that plug into
the computer do. See if you can borrow a friend's power supply to
test your theory. If the supply or its connector is bad, you can
easily find replacements online or at stores. Googling your model
number resulted in many ads for replacement power supplies. If,
however, the connector in the computer is bad, you will have to have
it repaired by someone with more tools than a few Phillips
screwdrivers. Good luck.

I see... I always thought that the black rectangular thing was called
an AC/DC converter. I also thought that inside the laptop there would
be some sort of power supply with power cables that would go to the
fans, the hard drive, the graphics card,etc.; just like in a desktop
computer. I'm not much of a techie...

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tb