So, I took my EEE PC to a RadioShack several years ago to get a new power supply and cable because my rabbit had chewed through the original one that I had gotten. The girl working there plugged a normal power cable into it, like an AC/DC power plug. Unfortunately, the port started smoking, so I yanked the cable out as fast as I could.
I decided to go to Amazon and just buy the right cable on line. I've been able to keep my laptop working until a few months ago when it just stopped charging. Up until a few months ago, I've been readjusting the adapter tip to keep the laptop charging. It would flake out and stop charging until I readjusted the plug. Finally, it just stopped charging all together.
I would buy a battery charger off of Amazon, but it would be a little pricey, so I'm hoping to just find a way to fix it. I pulled apart my laptop and found a component on the board that had been smoked. (See the pictures.) I'm not sure what this component is, if it's a diode or a resistor or what.
Can anyone tell me what it is? Also, any suggestions on what to do to fix it?
I decided to go to Amazon and just buy the right cable on line. I've been able to keep my laptop working until a few months ago when it just stopped charging. Up until a few months ago, I've been readjusting the adapter tip to keep the laptop charging. It would flake out and stop charging until I readjusted the plug. Finally, it just stopped charging all together.
I would buy a battery charger off of Amazon, but it would be a little pricey, so I'm hoping to just find a way to fix it. I pulled apart my laptop and found a component on the board that had been smoked. (See the pictures.) I'm not sure what this component is, if it's a diode or a resistor or what.
Can anyone tell me what it is? Also, any suggestions on what to do to fix it?
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