sanity girl Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I wonder if anyone can help - I have an HP Pavilion laptop, bought in Italy about 5 years ago - the computer itself seems ok still, but it keeps switching itself off and I think this is due to a bad connection with the charger (the battery gave up the ghost long ago). I tried a new charger (supposedly offical HP one but I have my doubts) bought on ebay but it doesn't work at all. Does anyone have any experience of this - is it worth trying another new charger or could it be something more sinister wrong with the laptop itself or perhaps the internal connection to the power supply? I'm hoping I don't have to end up buying a new laptop but can solve this another way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 It could be a poor internal connection, and that possibly requires a resolder or replace of the mains socket on the laptop itself, not expensive or difficult to do. If it's not that then it could be the failure of the power supply interface (possibly the power board if your laptop uses one) but having that repaired would be cheaper than getting a new laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanity girl Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Hi, thanks for that. Any idea where I could get the laptop looked at to get that kind of repair done? And if it is replacing the mains socket, roughly how much does that cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 If you suspect that the socket for the power lead is at fault then http://www.laptoprepair.co.uk/ will repair it for you, or failing that I'm sure they'd be able to diagnose the issue. Why not give them a call to find out the rough cost of a repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanity girl Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks - have you used these guys before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 There are recommendations on here for a couple of repair places if you do a search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Sanity girlThere is a place in Pellat rd op the Mag have used him twice give him a try.Bob S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanity girl Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks all, I am going to try Christian in Pellat Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanity girl Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Just to say Christian (EDF username Netquest) sorted the problem for me really quickly. I would definitely recommend his service to anyone else having problems with their laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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