I've got the "not supported psu problem" I'm thinking about taking it apart and resoldering it back together and wanted to see if anyone had any advice before I potentially break my brick
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The Revelator Notebook Prophet
One thought. If still under warranty, why not return it to Dell and try to get a replacement? Once you take it apart, that option is over. Also, be sure the power brick really isn't working, as opposed to a false alarm. I got the same warning after replacing the stock brick with a more powerful one until I disabled the warning in BIOS.
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Careful with talking apart PSUs!! There are some pretty powerful capacitors in there... makes your hair stand up if you accidentaly touch and discharge them.
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No it's a second hand m15x. And lucky me I have the batt not charging thing that I've seen in the threads here but I know it can only be two things the brick ground wire in the center of the connector or the ground wire in the m15x I just figured I'd start with the brick.
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The Revelator Notebook Prophet
Good luck, my friend.
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have you tried all the usual suspects, battery drain, reflashing bios????
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2- unplug from (wall) socket first.
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@logan801: Let us know in case you take it apart, some pictures would be nice -
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If I do ever have the time to take it apart I will take pics. I'm assuming it's the psu because I can pull the wires slightly out of the brick. -
If you do take it apart, leave it unplugged overnight.
Have fun!
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I finally got the mm out to check the v and it's on the money, so it has to be the pin or the female receptacle on the mb. I'll keep you posted to my findings when I dig a little deeper
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great keep us posted, prolly the first time someone manually fixes it. some photos would be nice too.
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So thanks to inap problem solved it was the AC adapter not giving the mb the signal to start charging although it was giving the right amount of voltage. I tried to get the AC adapter apart to resolder the small green wire that is causing this problem but the thing is made of some kind of magical plastic that wont come apart no matter how many times i slammed it down on the concrete lol. Resolution=buy new AC adapter. This is what i was thinking was my next step
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Any advice b4 I take apart my psu
Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by logan801, Jun 9, 2011.