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    m14x not charging yet charger runs perfect...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by momanx86, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. momanx86

    momanx86 Notebook Guru

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    While gaming my laptop suddenly stopped charging. My charger still lights up and shows proper Voltage. I went to a person who repairs laptops and he checked everything and said he has to fix/replace the pin. Says it'll cost 20 bucks.

    Do you guys think that's the problem? IS the price fair? How do you guys think this happened?? I was running on overclocked settings (been for a few days now) at 700, 1500, 1000. Temp hardly hit 80. HELP!
     
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    Dell support?? Why pay for something you get free.
     
    Croatoan, Aug 10, 2011
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    Because I'm in a country where my warranty will not shift from America. My country doesnt support the m14x so I gotta pay for crap like this even with 340 days on my warranty!
     
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    that sux. $20 or no charging then ;(
     
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    Sadly it wasn't the pin. The guy dissembled everything and turns out the fault was a burn EMP chip or some name like that on the motherboard. He replaced it, cost me about 25 bucks. Glad it was repairable.

    I really think this happened cause of overclocking. What sucks is that I hardly raised the values...maybe a bit to 700,1500 and 1000. Temp was mainly in the 70s. Do you guys think overclocking caused this? Oh and he didnt change the pin just the burned chip.
     
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    its very possible that overclocking can be the cause....70C is not red alert temp but is still pretty high....which country are you in??
     
    soulhacker, Aug 10, 2011
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    I live in Pakistan, it gets hot here. I was playing starcraft 2 maxed out settings with OC on....temp never exceeded 79C.

    The EMP chip on the motherboard got burned. I wonder what that was about. Would really like to know why it happened so I can prevent it from happening again. Anyway I havent been overclocking.
     
    momanx86, Aug 12, 2011
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