i have an older dell laptop. recently the battery lost it's ability to charge so i have been using it plugged into the wall. all of sudden, my wall charger started making a high pitched noise and would not work. i borrowed another wall charger from a friend and in short time that one fried out too. why do the wall chargers keep dying? if i get a third will that one die as well? what's going on here?
2007-10-08 04:46:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
i'm not sure of the wattage, but the laptop is an inspiron from 2004
2007-10-08 04:54:16 · update #1
Could be that the battery is drawing a lot of power trying to charge itself and with the power for the computer as well you are overloading the PSU. Remove the battery before you try another charger.
2007-10-08 04:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by Mike C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Dell has a few different wattage power sources. If you are using the 90 watt unit then I do not know. Should say what the wattage is on the supply.
Edit. Mike C is correct. Get the failed battery out.
2007-10-08 11:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋