laptop charger tip melting!! very hot!! and the tip is now stuck inside the laptop itself!?
My girlfriend owns a Amilo Pi 1536, she's had for about 2years and never had any major issues with it. But in the recent month or so, theres been quite serious problem. The charger connector (the metal/plastic bit that connects charger and laptop) gets very very hot, touch it and you get slight burnt! The charger tip has had to be changed, the plastic had melted and smelt burnt after awhile. So, the tip's been changed and the the overheating tip is still an issue. And now the tip has (i think) melted inside the laptop and is stuck inside the laptop. how can i remove the laptop charger connector from the laptop? The laptop it self seems to be working well and quite hot, but with the norm (I think). Its just the charger connector tip that's the problem. Any help guys!! Please!! Could it be the charger not working correctly? The laptops PSU not up to scratch? Bios problem? ... I don't want the laptop to stop working altogether!! PS. the laptop was bought in Spain, and we're in the UK (if that's a possible problem). Battery life isn't great. Already cleaned the laptop with compressed air and have the fans with good access to air (the laptop is on "stilts").
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Answer 1 :
It sounds like something's shorting. I'm surprised the charger even runs the laptop. I hate to say but this sounds like it was a bad deal. Only thing I can think of is buy another charger and see if it works with the laptop, assuming you manage to remove the old charger from the laptop. Crazy stuff.
Answer 2 :
I think there is some sort of short inside the laptop associated with the connector. Since you've replaced the charger tip, I think a new charger is not going to fix this problem. I suspect you are hosed as getting repair for such a machine in the UK is likely to be impossible. Most likely, a replacement motherboard would be required. Laptops are cheap these days. I n the US, it is esy to find high quality refurbished HP and IBM laptops for $300 - $500. You'll spend more than $200 to even see if this can be fixed. Get rid of it and get a better laptop from places like ecost.com or buy.com Astrobuf
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