Dell p17e laptop

[vinceroger69]

Hi ive been asked too look at a relatives laptop i dont work on many so need some advice. So far they have brought and fitted a replacement battery now when they put the charger in and turn the laptop on theirs a error message and the battery will not charge, it says please connect a genuine dell charger at 65 watts etc. I have had a look on the charger it is not a genuine dell one just says replacement charger on it although is the correct voltage and amps etc my guess its the center pin issue? is there any hacks to modify the charger? so it charges the battery or do they need too buy a genuine charger thanks guys.

[piernov]

Re: Dell p17e laptop

If I remember fine Dell chargers use some kind of ROM inside the power brick connected to the center pin. Don't bother, find a real Dell one. If you ever need to buy them, pick the 90W instead as it will work on most Dell laptops. Some knockoffs can do the job too, but you never know what you'll get with those.

[vinceroger69]

Re: Dell p17e laptop

If I remember fine Dell chargers use some kind of ROM inside the power brick connected to the center pin. Don't bother, find a real Dell one. If you ever need to buy them, pick the 90W instead as it will work on most Dell laptops. Some knockoffs can do the job too, but you never know what you'll get with those.

thanks i have just been reading up on this issue and as you say its a ic thats inside the charger
does this one look genuine?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-L...72.m2749.l2649

[mcplslg123]

Re: Dell p17e laptop

seems like genuine

[vinceroger69]

Re: Dell p17e laptop

just to update this thread the charger in the ebay link does work fine laptop powers on and charges fine no error messages at all.