My laptop is messed up

Hey, I wasnt sure where to post this, but this seemed like the only place. I just got a new AC adapter for my Asus Z71V because I thought that it was causing the problem which I am about to tell you.

For some reason the metal piece of my ac adapter that I plug into my laptop gets EXTEMELY hot after awhile. And when i mean extemely, I mean hot enough that it's melting the surrounding plastic. So I bought a new AC adapter thinking that the reason it was overheating was due to a faulty AC adapter, but when I got the new one today i experienced the same thing...

I realize that the part in my laptop that the ac adapter plugs into (can someone give me the name of this part btw) is the problem. I have no idea how to fix this, or if it can be fixed without me buying a whole new laptop.

Any help would be apreciated. Thanks!

Edit : I forgot to mention that when i plug my ac adapter into my laptop, sometimes it makes high pitched hissing noises, and I have to move it around to a position that stops it from hissing (but it then starts again a few min later).

PS No it's not under warrenty anymore

 

Sounds like a busted power supply - and potentially a fire hazard. Even though it's out of warranty, it's worth getting an estimate on a replacement piece. If the power supply is extremely expensive, which wouldn't surprise me, it might not be worth trying to fix. Good luck either way.

~ Brett

 

sounds like a poor contact/bad connection to me with the DC socket. When the contact area is very small it would get rather hot as your laptop would be drawing around 3A while changing the battery, and that power going over a small section of metal would have that effect.
Have a look inside the power socket on the notebook and see if the contact which connects with the AC adapters plug is not perhaps bent in anyway.


insane

 

In addition use a different wall outlet or powerbar, it may be that your powerbar is acting up, causing the AC adater to generate excessive heat.

The powerbay may be getting overloaded, or it can be one of the things suggested above.