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    N61JQ first switching between battery and AC mod, AC port now not working at all

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by romanist, Dec 18, 2012.

  1. romanist

    romanist Newbie

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    I know there's similar threads for this but the newest I could find was from a year ago, didn't want to bump those.

    Today morning my laptop started switching between battery and AC mods when plugged in. Firstly it was only when under load, later it progressed into doing it at random times. I could either charge the battery or use it, not both at once. I checked other forums and for most people this seems to have been a cord issue - try a different wire and brick and works fine, right? No such luck for me, even when I removed the battery it booted up and was "working" (as in it didn't switch off), still somehow kept flickering the two annoying AC mode/battery mode icons. I can't imagine this did the laptop any good so I switched it off after half a minute or so.

    An hour later, the power supply cable doesn't work at all. The light on the brick itself is solid green so I imagine power's going through there, but there's nothing reaching my laptop. Problem is that I don't have another cord to try. If I get one and that works all is well, but I'm working on contingencies here... What internal/motherboard issues could have caused this/has anyone experienced the same/what possible solution is there?

    It's outside warranty btw, bought 09/2010.
     
    romanist, Dec 18, 2012
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  2. sangemaru

    sangemaru Notebook Deity

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    Sounds like the connector isn't making proper contact, maybe? I can't understand properly from your post if you've tried an entirely different power brick or not.
    If it's not doing this issue running on battery, then it sounds like a connector issue. Should be pretty easily solved at any repair shop or friend with a bit of know-how.
     
    sangemaru, Dec 18, 2012
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  3. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Possible faulty DC jack. You can check the jack and the power adapter for proper voltages using a volt-ohm meter, otherwise known as a multimeter. Outside that, the best test method is a tester PSU. As for the jack, you can't really easily swap that out to test another jack, but if a different cable/adapter doesn't work, then it's either a DC jack specific problem, or faulty circuitry on the PCB.
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 18, 2012
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