On 28/07/11 15:18, Brian Chivers wrote:
> If it does it might be like a couple of Dell's I've looked at. If the 
> centre pin doesn't make contact with the charging socket the laptop 
> won't charge, it'll still work on mains as the main 19volts or so is 
> carried on the inside & outside on the outer part of the connector. 
Where I have encountered odd issues not explained by an old, knackered 
battery in the past, I have taken a fine nail file to otherwise 
unreachable copper contacts. That has been sufficient to keep them going 
for a while, although inevitably the problem returned after a some time 
had passed.
Sean
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