is my laptop goosed?

[Paulie Dangerously]

Had it on then it made a little pop noise and turned off. Not shut down, just switched off. I rebooted it plugged in, got to the desktop and did the same thing again.

 

Now it won't switch on. Even when I plug it in the charge light doesn't come on. I've done the usual battery out etc etc but it seems dead

[George Costanza]

could be an over voltage from the charger. sounds fucked though tbh

[Paulie Dangerously]

It is a third party charger as my dell one ducked. Reckon its worth buying a new one or borrowing one/

[SAXON]

If it's allowing you to boot up then it may just be overheating. They turn themselves off when they overheat to protect the CPU and the other components.

[Paulie Dangerously]

It let me boot up again immediately after the first shutdown but that's been it

[SAXON]

It let me boot up again immediately after the first shutdown but that's been it

 

If you haven't been able to boot again after that even after you have allowed it to cool down then it wont be down to over heating, is it making any beeps.

[Paulie Dangerously]

It seems to have mysteriously fixed itself over the weekend....said low battery when i turned it on (even though it's 45%ish) and now it's running fine by the looks of it. Very very strange.

[Guest San Don]

It seems to have mysteriously fixed itself over the weekend....said low battery when i turned it on (even though it's 45%ish) and now it's running fine by the looks of it. Very very strange.

 

Strange! I was on another forum and someone had similar problems. Someone posted this link which suggests a phenomenon called faulty capacitors!

 

I'd keep an eye on it as it could be on its last legs if this is the cause.

 

Sorry with the bad news, if it is like.

[bigguly]

If your laptop is a Dell, then be careful, and start saving up for a new one. I remember before I got made redundant, that we had a lot of calls from users who were using older Dell PC's, they were pushing 4 years +, some were 7 years +. After opening up the machines, the capacitors on the motherboard had started bulging, so we usually had to replace the machines. I remember some of my senior colleagues stating that Dell had puled a fast one with certain models, using inferior parts, and had some sort of lawsuit in the US against them.

[piscinin]

It seems to have mysteriously fixed itself over the weekend....said low battery when i turned it on (even though it's 45%ish) and now it's running fine by the looks of it. Very very strange.

 

Make sure you have the most up to date BIOS. There was a problem with the whole battery/charging/power stuff for a while. I worked for a company that only bought dell and at one time I would get 2 or 3 back a week with the same issues and same fix.

[Paulie Dangerously]

I uninstalled the battery and then reinstalled the hardware and we seem to be A-ok now. It's not the first time I have had battery issue with this model as about a year ago it wouldn't charge and I had to uninstall the battery again. It's about 4 years old I think this Laptop

[RedinSweden]

Mine did this last week and it was because my hard drive had short circuited. It was a work one though, so it was no big deal. I wonder if it was a coincidence that it did this right after i had been caught in a downpour. It was in a bag, but may well have got a little damp.

[md1892]

I'll give it 2 months before something else happens \ goes.