I have a HP pavilion notebook dz8000 bout yr and a half old and few days ago i was using it and something banged and smoke came out of the charger so i took the charger out and it still ran on the battery so i thought it was just the charger, i bought a new charger and now when i press the power button nothing happens at all. i can plug the mains in and it shows there is power running to it but nothing when i press the power button. Any ideas what could be wrong with it and how i can fix it? could it be somethin to do with the battery or the motherboard? or what
cheers
dan
Sounds like the 19V supply shorted to the Data circuit killing the Supply line. Its been seen here before and if it popped/smoked you will be able to see the components that failed. Also be sure HP sold you a 180 Watt power brick.. The 120 W is not enough for these monsters. Good luck!
Well, smoke is never a good sign.
Tell me, the 'something banged' thing, could that have been the laptop was being moved and the power cord was jerked at the connection to the laptop?
These are very prone to have problems with the ac jack coming loose from the motherboard (I have 3 in the shop right now with the same problem)
If you can, check and see if it's getting juice to the battery when plugged in using a multimeter.
Good luck
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