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Dropped Laptop Power brick, any cause for concern

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Not sure of the ins and outs of the power bricks or whether a damage done can (no pun) brick your laptop

Omen 15 2022 3070

Dropper the power brick from waist height it landed on not such a nice surface (metal)

Charges and no wiggle on Laptop produced cut-outs.

Is there anything I should test here?

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39 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

Well as long as it works it should be fine, although if you dislodged something inside youll find out within a few months if it just stops working.

edit: posted in the wrong post wtf is wrong with me, just ignore this

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1 hour ago, OnlyAxolotl said:

Not sure of the ins and outs of the power bricks or whether a damage done can (no pun) brick your laptop

Omen 15 2022 3070

Dropper the power brick from waist height it landed on not such a nice surface (metal)

Charges and no wiggle on Laptop produced cut-outs.

Is there anything I should test here?

Those bricks are so filled with potting material, it's ridiculous.  If it works, it works.

 

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If it was a knock off non OEM unit I'd be worried something broke loose inside, but the OEM ones are built....like a brick.

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On 4/9/2022 at 5:38 PM, OnlyAxolotl said:

Not sure of the ins and outs of the power bricks or whether a damage done can (no pun) brick your laptop

Omen 15 2022 3070

Dropper the power brick from waist height it landed on not such a nice surface (metal)

Charges and no wiggle on Laptop produced cut-outs.

Is there anything I should test here?

If the case is not cracked and it works, you're golden. Don't worry about it.

If the case suffered a crack, throw it away! Even if it still works.

 

If you are concerned and want piece of mind, measure the output with a voltmeter. The DC output value will be on the brick's label. The output measured on your meter should be very clost to the data label (within 1 volt)

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