Common chargers run 20 bucks on Amazon now. The possible damage done is the motherboard which is far more than the charger. I ran repair shops and we never bothered to repair such a cheap part. The reward is too low, the risk too high.
Hello Cnet!
So we have a couple of broken laptop chargers and months ago I fixed my gf's laptop charger by stipping the wires and just tying them together (the wire between the converter and cord that plugs into the laptop).
I purchased a sodering iron today to do a different project and figured I would refix this laptop charger that has since broke last time I tied up the wires.
I restripped the wires and tied them up and this time I sodered them together. Success I was getting a gree power light on the a converter. Thinking I had fixed the charger I plugged it into the laptop and the laptop immediately shut off along with the green light on the charger. Now the laptop won't turn back on. The green light is off when the charger is plugged in, but its not on when plugged into the laptop.
I'm at a loss here. I'm thinking i may have fried out the battery or something, hopefully nothing is broke but I'm not sure. If there's a way to upload pictures here I can do that.
Thanks CNET
~Josh

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