Charger

Ever since I shipped my laptop to MSI and got it fixed after the frame which holds the screen started falling apart, I got a new charger, and now it black screens at completely random every now and again. If it's thermal throttling, it happens too quick for me to notice on CPUID HWMonitor before...

Hello all, I am looking for a small solar panel that I can mount on my house wall outside like this one: https://www.eufy.com/products/t8700021?ref=search_result_solar panel&variant=37994716233914 The solar panel is to give my home security camera some extra solar charge. Important: The solar...

I have the aforementioned GIGABYTE laptop model and as stated - the power source changes while I'm playing video games/under heavy load. I bought the laptop around November last year and at first everything seemed fine - I played games such as Dying Light 2, NieR: Automata, Control, A Plague...

Hi I have Dell Inspiron 15 3576 and I got this problem pop up and I honestly really don’t know which one is it since it once says this then that. I knew the battery was a little dead but I didn’t really care since I’m always on the charger, also could I just change the charger and be on it...

Many years ago I read somewhere that unplugging your phone without turning the charger off is bad so I have always turned the switch off before unplugging anything. Now I'm looking to buy a power extension board and one of the things it'll power will be my charger. Except most boards don't come...

Hello! I have unusual problem with GPU, caused by PSU(that’s what i think). So the machine i use is laptop ASUS Tuf Gaming A15(2020) with fabric 150W charger for my model/FA506II/. I found in internet that close specification also use 180W charger. My problem with GPU is random utilization from...

[Background] So i'm looking for a remedy to an odd issue I'm having with a USB port car charger and was hoping someone could shed some light. I have a brand name cigar lighter adapter I use to activate a small melody box when the car is turned on which works fine. I ordered a few cheap adapters...

What is the fastest android charger in the market? PPS 65W? But I also found 100W stuffs. 100W automatically means it's faster than 65W (assuming that the cord supports the charger)?

Hello i have dell Precision m4700 and my 180w dell charger plug was broken so i buy new cheap hp charger and cut it to replace but i see dell have 3 wires black, white and green and hp have only red and white what to do how to fix and replace dell laptop plug?

Hi, I recently got an early 2015 MBP and downloaded coconut battery just to double check stuff. The laptop itself has been fine as has the battery. But I couldn't help notice at the bottom under "charging with" the wattage of the charger read as anywhere from 35-40 watts. Is this normal from a...

In March 2022, my 4 year old MSI GP62 8RE stopped booting on battery power. It would go into boot loop which forced me to use the AC adapter to use the laptop all the time. But for the past few weeks when I'm using the laptop on AC power it will randomly restart out of nowhere. My battery...

Hi all, I have a question. In my brain it should work, but idk if the cables would handle it. We have 2 phones with an inconvenient place for power outlet, that's why we use laptop chargers. We both have 65W charging phones. My idea is a 130W Dell usb-c laptop charger with a splitter on the end...

I have a laptop and a portable monitor I'm trying to connect together using a USB-C hub so I quickly just plug in only one cord into my laptop so I can get to work. Ideally, any non-tech savvy colleague can pick it up, plug one thing in, and just start working. I think my solutions are...

Recently my charger for my Acer E5-575G-50GD broke. I tried charging it with a bunch of other chargers, but none of them worked, even though the volt for the chargers were correct and they fit. The laptop is 19V 4.74a Because of that I bought a Trust Primo 90W charger, and it was 18-20V,4.73a...

so basically i got that laptop (asus tuf FX504GM) from amazon a few years back as just a backup incase i was away from my main PC or it died ( which it did yesterday) and i have never realy used the laptop. maybe 20 hours total. but whenever i used it it seemed to have terrible performance. like...

Hello all, I am using Windows 10 HP ProBook g450 Laptop PC with 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD. When I plug in my PC with a charger it does not show the charger icon into 100%, it stops 79% even it plugin with a charger. What does it problem?

Hello Tom's Hardware Community. I have old laptop an Acer Aspire 5741G. I don't have the charger of it anymore and I want to try the charger of my new laptop Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 to it. Can I safely use Lenovo Charger to Charge a Acer Laptop? *I don't care if it will damage the Acer...

It is a ProBook 4540s. The original battery is at least 8 years old, the battery lasts 1 hour at most. Last week I bought a new battery (HSTNN-LB2R) and a new charger (18.5V 3.5A), and made sure both were compatible, the specs matched well. Although the battery worked fine, the charger got...

The problem looks like this: If I turn on the laptop and try to connect the charger, the power button just keeps flashing and the battery is draining. But if I connect the charger first while the laptop is off and power it on, then the battery is charging just fine under windows 10. If I...

I have a Dell G7 7588 that I bought in 2018. The specs are i7 8750H, GTX 1050ti, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, and 1TB HDD. I have heard that my laptop is using hybrid power (it's using the AC adapter and the battery simultaneously) because the AC adapter that I got in the box (130W) is not enough to...

When I connect my laptop charger to the laptop, the green light goes off and the battery isn't charging. Now, when I pull off the battery from the laptop and connect the charger to the machine, it works perfectly fine and I can use the laptop. I know there is a big amount of topics about...

yeah as per the title, its weired issue, i will get to the point : my laptop when its 0 t0 50% = it doesnt charge even if plugged in ( well it does charge when move it arround or on my arm and unplug then plug again, but when does charging i wont move my laptop), once i move it little bet it...

Hi Since I fried one of my laptops USB-c ports I'm trying to be more careful when buying new chargers and new usb-c cables. I only use the "usb-if certified" cables and I try to buy chargers from known brands. Unfortunately the USB charger I like the most (because it has a built in display) is...

Latitude E5570. original battery and charger. Just got is used it charger normally at first but around 30 percent it really slows down and then suddenly shoots up to 90 %s. I let it drain to 0 % but the issues persists

So I got this HP laptop as my secondary pc and wondered if I could use the USB C port it has to charge it as the charger it came with has a rare wall plug that i don't have an adapter right now, the problem is that i have about 80% of battery and I tried plugging my Galaxy S9 USB C charger and...

Hi! My laptop charger is broken and I need to buy a new one. But I don't know what size of the charger/pin to choose..Please help my laptop is ASUS K53U 3.42A.. I also don't know what is the size of the plug/connector..

The connection was fine when i plugged in the ethernet cable, but once I plugged in my charger, the internet would not work. After some testing, the Wifi works with or without the charger plugged in, but the ethernet only works without the charger plugged in. Any tips? Do I throw my charger...

Hey, I've got an HP Pavilion gaming laptop - HP 15-bc350na. In the past few days, I've noticed that it wasn't charging all the time when I was using it on the power supply, but initially it was intermittent enough for me to assume that the charger cable hadn't been seated properly, or the cable...

I've had this Omen laptop for 3 years now. It has a 1070 and a i7 6700HQ. I've always had problems with the CPU since it's really not that great, and if I knew I would have this many problems with it I would probably have bought a different laptop. So, let's cut to the chase, lately I've...

How can I clean a Macbook charger cable safely? My cable is pretty dirty at the moment I read that rubbing alcohol damages the protective layer of the cable and makes it dry. Using other chemicals on the cable also damages the cable in the long term.

Hi, I was looking for some advice for my laptop which has stopped working, which I'd been using until suddenly the laptops power supply would started flashing green instead of staying a solid green, and when plugged into the laptop, the charging port would immediately start smoking, at one point...

This morning, I noticed that my Pixel 2 XL was charging much slower than usual. My deduction was right, when I locked the phone, on the bottom of the screen it says "charging rapidly, 4 hours remaining". 4 hours, that ain't right. That's when I unplug my charger from the electric socket. Note...

Hello! So I bought a new laptop for college, and I ended up paying a bit more to get a gaming one. It's the HP Omen 15-dc1621nd, couple of months old. It has a Core i5-9300H, a hyperthreaded 4 core, and an RTX 2060. It also really likes to turbo boost itself to 4GHz all the way up to 95C, on...

Hello, So I bought a new Asus VivooBook, it's already 7 days old, the problem is , whenever I shutdown the pc for about 8 hours, It won't start unless I plug in the charger(even when he is full) til he boots then I unplug it, but I can't keep like that, sometimes when I'm traveling for example...

It's my first time with a mac computer, I have a macbook pro 2011 . The problem , charger works fine when the laptop is closed or idle, when I start using it like for example opening Finder, simply the charger lights turns off and stop charging. Thanks in advance .

I have a Lenovo Y510p laptop. It uses a 120W 19.5V 6.15A rated charger and the connecter pin is 5.5x2.5 mm. I can neither find an original Lenovo charger nor a compatible adapter with exact ratings in my locality. My question is can I use a 120W 19V 6.42A adapter for ASUS that has the same...

Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G-56K9, it's about 1 year old now. The battery has already been once replaced because it had a 80% Wear Level according to HWinfo. The laptop came with a 65W charger, which heats up quite a lot, while charging especially charging while playing games...

Ss after losing my laptop charger I bought a new one off Amazon. It looks like the old one, even same characteristics. But the connector on the block is covered in dirt. It charges my laptop, but I don't know if it really delivers 120W or not. Is there a way to check it? This is how it looks...

Hi guys! I appear to have a problem with my laptop and i just cant figure out whats going on. I bought the HP Pavilion Gaming 15 (cx0818no version) laptop a few weeks ago and this has been an occurring issue. When im just running the laptop on a daily basis doing normal things, there are no...

Hello, my laptop won't boot up no matter what I try, after I press the power button nothing happens except dvd drive spinning up, even the fan doesn't turn on. Also after I press the power button and plug in the charger there is a short beep, the same when I unplug it. I already tried Taking out...