Re: Lenovo G50-30 fault

Thanks, i'll take a look at that now.

Regards
max232

I am an enthusiastic amateur who came across this board while troubleshooting my sister in laws faulty laptop.

The laptop was dropped on to the power adapter. She bought a new PSU as it wasn't charging with the original but on inspection the plastic center piece had broken off in the socket.

She some how managed to use it for a week or so with the odd complaint about not using the correct charger but eventually it stopped working.

She had bent the pins in the socket so now when you plug in the charger the battery light comes on and appears to charge.
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Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hey, Tony from the UK

Work in IT, all aspects.

First computer, ZX81 which was OK from what I remember but first love was an Amiga 500 then an Amiga 1200.

Both the Amiga's shaped my attitude towards the way I approached the PC in the coming years wanting to know the nuts and bolts of how it worked.

This is one of the things that has brought me to this forum, Which is an excellent read all by itself.

I have a basic knowledge of electronics(Very basic) but...