Overheating Power Brick in Heat Wave?

I have an E1505 and I think the power brick melted.

I was using it tonight and the laptop suddenly switched to battery power. I checked the connections and saw it was connected fine. Then I realized the power brick (ac adapter) was burning hot. I then proceeded to use a fan to cool the ac adapter and in about 5 minutes, the laptop showed it was connected to the ac adapter again!

My question to the experts is, would the ac adapter damage the internal components of my laptop if it overheated and power surged my laptop? (the ac adapter is connected to a UPS, so I know it's getting clean 110v power)

It was good that it turned itself off to prevent it from melting, but should I get a new ac adapter from Dell just in case it was slightly damaged in the overheat?

 

thats a good question, mine gets hot to the touch but has never shut off on my. anyone know if the ac adapter is covered by complete care or just the normal warranty?

 

i would first make sure it's the brick and not the outlet. does other stuff have a problem plugged into that specific outlet?

once you determine that, if it turns out to be the brick, then i would definitely contact dell via email/chat/phone and get a replacement. heck, i'd ask for a whole lotta swag if my computer is a fire hazard. (have you seen the exploding notebook videos?)

contact them asap and get it sorted.

in terms of damage to internal components i doubt there is a problem. most of the components that require a failsafe already have one. as you already pointed out the brick turned itself off when it got into the danger zone.

 

I really hope uyr right about the internal components. The other devices on the UPS are fine, I'm guessing its just the outlet. In all fairness, it was in a hot room. I'm gonna call Dell and see if I can get the 90w ac adapter instead of my current 45w. =)

 

here's the deal; if something did happen to a component, you'd already know about it, so if you're good to go now, you should be good to go period.

 

always good to be reassured be a mod =). I'm still gonna gun for that 90w ac adapter!

 

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