OT Laptop won't power up.

A month ago I left my work laptop's power adaptor on a train (it was
under a newspaper and as I had the plug bit thought I had the whole
thing).

I have now finally got hold of a replacement (they sent the wrong one
initialy) and have plugged into the very dead laptop and it remains dead
(it's a Toshiba Satellite Pro). Is this normal, do I have to wait x
hours before it'll fire up?

In other news I now have the Guzzi back - it hasn't mysteriously fixed
itself and still won't fire. Not sure if this is good or bad.

 

this

http://norman.walsh.name/2008/01/26/agony

is educational

 

Obvious question- do the LEDs on the front of the laptop light up
when you plug in the PSU? Did you plug the previous (wrong) PSU
into the laptop? Wrong polarity or voltage could have fried the
lappy.

 

The power lead I have is somebody else's 'spare' one and has successfully
operated my machine in the past - he has the same laptop. We share
office space and it saves us both lugging leads about so I can't see it
being a power lead problem.

Backups aren't a problem either as I'm pretty good on that and have the
data I need. It's just my spare laptop has a knackered screen and is a
pain to use.

 

maybe. But nothing to do with Laptop power connectors, which are
usually just ground and 12-20V connectors.

 

Yes, I have a battery charge light on. No, I didn't plug wrong lead in
as it had a much smaller connector and wouldn't even fit.

 

Remove the battery from the laptop and see if it will boot with just the PSU
connected.
I've seen a faulty battery that prevented it powering up before.

 

FIXED IT!

I'd taken the battery out to see if it was the same as my spare laptops
when it died (it wasn't) and I hadn't put one of the catches back in the
locked position.

 

another dumb question - have you tried holding down the power button
for a reasonably long time, say 10-15 seconds?

 

i had a laptop a while back with a power connector that looked identical
to norm's.

 

sweller wibbled:

have you looked at the kill switch on the Guzzi yet ?

 

It doesn't have one.

 

I have a spare PSU one for a satellite pro A60 - Liteon model
PA-1900-05, came with laptop. If it transpires your one is borked let
me know. Email me (email in headers is valid) if interested. Would
sell you the old satellite pro but it is fairly well fucked now (USB
does not work, does not install a new OS (not even ubuntu) although
hard drive that was in it was OK. screen hinges borked. PSU connector
on back wobbly. Battery gives approx 1 min life, if you are lucky) -
do not even want to put it on ebay. Still looks fairly mint though!
I think my laptop did the playing dead thing and it eventually
started.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller

<nods>

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About how to **** up putting drives into a horrible wooden enclosure by
an idiot, sure.
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Makes the day a little brighter
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And stick them up your shiter."

 

Do you mean the battery is dead and won't charge up or the laptop is
dead too?
If it's only the battery, then it's probably fucked, I'm afraid. A lot
of laptop batteries just die if they're left lying too long or left on
constant charge.
As for the laptop itself, it certainly should work off the mains
adapter, but are you sure it's not a duff connector at the back of the
laptop?
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."