The laptop recognises that the adaptor is plugged in, but the blue light doesnt come on, and the adaptor beeps furiously until i turn it off at the wall.

Hi Glen Growe,

Request you to try following the below steps which might help:

(1)Turn off the computer.
(2)Remove all the external peripherals like AC Adaptor, flash drives, battery, etc.
(3)Press and hold the power button for 30sec which releases the static on the computer (if any)
(4)Put back the battery and plug in the AC Adaptor.
(5)Let the computer charge for some time.

Now check and let me know if there are any status lights and if the computer still beeps. If yes, observe what type of beeps are emitted from the computer.

Thanks and Regards.
Kiran Kumar.
#iworkfordell.

Hi Anonymous,

Request you to try following the below steps which might help:

(1)Turn off the computer.
(2)Remove all the external peripherals like AC Adaptor, flash drives, battery, etc.
(3)Press and hold the power button for 30sec which releases the static on the computer (if any)
(4)Put back the battery and plug in the AC Adaptor.
(5)Let the computer charge for some time.
Now check and let me know if there are any status lights and how many times the computer beeps?

Thanks and Regards.
Kiran Kumar.
#iworkfordell.

the problem is in your laptop...maybe it damaged too when you plugged your old adaptor. you should check your laptop for a repair...maybe it needs to replace tha spare parts that may have been damaged.

I'm assuming you are using a GENUINE Dell laptop charger designed for this model?

Check the end of the adaptor, if it is the type that has the centre pin, make sure it has not snapped off.
Check the adaptor is putting out 20 volts DC by connecting a multimeter to the outer and inner parts of the DC jack.

Usually, the ac adaptor LED will flash green if there is no charge going to the laptop ("spitting back power"), however, a dead adaptor is often recognised by a lack of the lED light glowing

You can try with a universal adaptor, it will not charge the battery but at least will eliminate the charger or the charging circuit. If this also fails to power up the laptop, then the issue lies with damage to the motherboard

Dear John,

do you hear beeps from the laptop? if yes there could a problem with RAM module. if so changing RAM module will solve the issue.

Also try connecting an external monitor. to check if the display is not faulty.

as u said that when u plugged in the ac adaptor into the laptop it recognises that the ac adaptor is connected but it does not charge the laptop in this case what u can do is that if have the same charger extra then u can try with the another charger and if the other charger also does the same thing then in this case u need to replace the mmotherboard and if the other charger is working fine in this laptop then definately chage ur aac adaptor.....good luck...

thanks

Actually, if it is beeping as though the battery is low even while it is plugged in, it is because the battery is no longer any good and is sucking all the power from the wall. You need to purchase a new battery. Until you get a new battery, you can simply remove the battery and use the laptop plugged in. That will stop it from turning off. Been there - done that. Hope that helps! ; )

unplug and repulg the batteries and adaptor and then see
conect teh laptop wd adaptor wd out the bat and then see
even after these it doesnt work ..laptop needs to go for the repair

Disconnect the AC adaptor, Take the battery out and press and hold the power button about 5 seconds. After that connect the AC adaptor and insert the battery turn it on. If issue persist please inform for further troubleshooting.

Good Luck

Unplug the power cable... Hold the power button down for 15-20 seconds... Plug cable back in and check for light... If this still didnt work, then unplug cable again, take battery out, wait 10 seconds.... Put battery back in, plug cable back in and this should allow you to boot...