I removed the power cord from the charger, and now I can't reattach the cord - the yellow plug will not sit completely. What can I do?

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Sounds like you are using the wrong adapter. You should check.

Perhaps remove the multi-bay battery, and let main battery charge all the way. Then reattach multi-bay battery, and see if it's recognized.
(Will charge)

That is AC adapter (Charger) removed, then remove multi-bay battery.
Plug AC adapter back into laptop, THEN plug AC adapter into power.

[You do Not want to unplug an AC adapter from a laptop, with the AC adapter plugged into power. Could be a power surge/voltage spike. Unplug AC adapter from power, when plugging into laptop, or unplugging from laptop ]

Main battery charged, unplug power to AC adapter, unplug AC adapter from laptop. Plug multi-bay battery in, then AC adapter.
(Then plug AC adapter into power)

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Try to hard reset your printer. To do this, unplug the cord at the rear of the printer while still powered on. Then remove it the plug from the socket. Let it sit for a few minutes. Then, plug the power cord and then reattach the cord at the back. The printer should power on itself, if not just power it on manually by pressing the power button.

Doing the hard reset should clear off any error messages from your printer's memory.

I had this exact same problem after having my M91 in the shop. The repair man said that the onboard charger was bad, so he sold me an offboard charger to charge through the arm. That didn't change anything. I finally took it apart myself and discovered that there was a cord leading from the onboard charger to the batteries that the repair person had left unplugged when he installed my new batteries.
What I'd thought was "fast draining" of the batteries was actually the batteries self-charging overnight (which they will do a little bit if you let them sit). Of course, this might not be your problem, but I'd say at least look at it as a possibility.

1. Unplug your computer and remove the battery.
2. Press the power button several times.
3. Reattach the battery, plug in the computer, and press the power button.
4. If the problem persists, look closely at the screen. If you can make out faint, dim images, the backlighting components must be replaced or repaired. If not, it is likely another issue with the physical hardware of the machine such as the screen or the motherboard.

The DC jack, where you plug the power adapter cable, might be loose or defective, & needs to be either re-soldered or replaced.
In order to do this, the laptop needs to be disassembled & the motherboard taken out. Also, the motherboard needs to be checked for defective/burned out components in the area near the DC jack. Any defective/burned out components found should be replaced, or you might need to replace the laptop's motherboard altogether.

I have an aspire one AOD250 notebook and I have had to unplug and plug the power cord to the outlet on the side and it always gets my charger light to come on, try it

before trying to replace the yellow socket try this first.got this same problem before.when i remove my charger before the yellow plastic ring was left stuck inside the socket.so when i buy a new adaptor it doesnt fit to the yellow socket anymore,so what i did is i use a piece of pin,bend the end point little bit and try lifting that yellow plastic ring inside.when i finally remove it the new adaptor fits again like nothing happens.try this first.if your willing to change it i will give you the complete instruction on how to replace it.hope this one fix your prob.

Seeing how the AC Power Cord Plug Snapped, It probably loosened the pins on the DC Power Jack (located on the motherboard...)....and you are shorting out from loose contacts on the DC Jack...
The DC PowerJack Will either have to be desoldered and cleaned then Resoldered.....
Or Purchase a New DC Jack and Replace With Old By Desoldering and soldering New in Place....

And of course.. get yourself a new charging cord, or go to radio shack and buy a new plug tip and reattach it to your Power Charger Cord End....


Hope that helps..

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