New Power Supply Broken

Matt Arnold

June 4, 2010

There must be dirty power to this apartment, because my laptop's new power/supply cord died just like the last one. All the other computers are on an uninterruptable power supply. Except for my roommates' laptops... hmmm...

Comments

ext_385984 on Jun. 4, 2010 5:05 PM

Do you always use one specific outlet?

ext_21159 on Jun. 4, 2010 5:08 PM

No. I use outlets on different circuits.

ext_368434 on Jun. 4, 2010 6:29 PM

Are your outlets properly grounded?

ext_21159 on Jun. 4, 2010 7:56 PM

I don't know to find out.

ext_368434 on Jun. 5, 2010 1:23 AM

It's not to difficult to do with a multimeter. However, I'm going to skip trying to talk you into doing it that way. :-P That whole not wanting to be responsible for other people shocking themselves on my suggestion.. er.. for vanilla purposes at least. *grin*

ext_528987 on Jun. 4, 2010 8:32 PM

You may want to try a power strip too. If you're getting surges, that might help.

ext_53902 on Jun. 4, 2010 9:09 PM

If the powersupply is getting repeatedly shot, it could be the cord wart (the transformer that plugs into both wall and laptop) doing a shoddy job too.

ext_21159 on Jun. 4, 2010 9:30 PM

That's what I'm referring to. I thought it was the "power supply". That's what I replaced. Do laptops have internal power supplies as well?

ext_210685 on Jun. 4, 2010 11:51 PM

No, the brick is the p/s. Powersupplies put off too much heat and are too big to fit a laptop.