Laptop won't power on without battery
I have the Dell Adamo laptop. My Adapter broke and I fixed it and it worked for a while but then broke again. When I repaired the adapter I think I crossed the wires and when I plugged it back into the laptop I think it damaged something because now the computer will not power on. I brought a brand new adapter but it still will not power on when the battery is disconnected. If I connect the battery it boots just fine.
So in summary:
1. Power Adapter works
2. Computer powers on with battery and everything works fine. Boots into Windows etc.
3. Once battery is dead or disconnected, laptop will not power on.
4. I think something is damaged on the motherboard preventing it from charging the battery and powering the computer.
I was wondering how I can repair this on the motherboard. Everything is together so I can't just buy another board for cheap. I was hoping someone could look at the board and tell me what they think is damaged.
Here is a picture of the motherboard. The power adapter is part 932CA.
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/uvwQX...
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David Smith, how about posting images of your board?
- de oldturkey03
David Smith, can you use a multimeter on the charging port with the power supply plugged in? Can you measure the voltage on the computers DC jack?
- de oldturkey03
I will take some pictures and upload them. I used the multimeter on the adapter and I got a reading of 14.98v and the output on the adapter shows it is suppose to put out 15v. I plugged it into the laptop and I'm not sure exactly where to check on the computer's DC jack but I got a reading of 14.98 on one of the soldering points and some lower readings on some other contacts on the board.
- de David Smith
good to know you are getting power on some parts of the board. You sure you originally wired the connector wrong?
- de oldturkey03
No, I'm not 100% sure if I did that or not. Since I last posted, I opended it up and I pushed a bit on the DC jack and I put it back together and now it is working. It won't charge the battery, but I think that is because the battery is old and may not work anymore. I'm pretty sure now the DC jack's connections need to be redone or I need a new DC jack because if I'm not careful and I bump or move the computer it will lose power.
- de David Smith