Laptop short

[Full Metal Jacket]

Hey guys!

 

So yesterday night I was using my laptop (a five year old studio XPS 1647) and all is well. I had to go to sleep so I turned it off and went to sleep. Fast forward to today afternoon. I tried turning it on but it was dead. I check the battery level and it was abut 80% from what the LED tells me. So I trying replugging the power adapter into a different outlet, and it turns on! So i plug the connector into my laptop, and boom, the light on the power connector turns off. I try replugging the power into different outlets, all with the same effect. After some quick googling, I eventually figure out that my laptop has a short circuit somewhere. I have no idea how to fix this short, so maybe you guys can help me?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

EDIT 1: I should probably note that if I leave the charger in the laptop long enough, some burnt plastic smell starts to show itself (its very faint)

[techguru]

yesterday night I was using my laptop (a five year old studio XPS 1647) and all is well....5 years for a shottly made dell is a pretty good life span...in my experience with oem's like dell

[techguru]

as for how to fix it...unless your good at electronic board diagnosing..I doubt you will be able to fix it

[DarrenP]

Hey guys!

 

So yesterday night I was using my laptop (a five year old studio XPS 1647) and all is well. I had to go to sleep so I turned it off and went to sleep. Fast forward to today afternoon. I tried turning it on but it was dead. I check the battery level and it was abut 80% from what the LED tells me. So I trying replugging the power adapter into a different outlet, and it turns on! So i plug the connector into my laptop, and boom, the light on the power connector turns off. I try replugging the power into different outlets, all with the same effect. After some quick googling, I eventually figure out that my laptop has a short circuit somewhere. I have no idea how to fix this short, so maybe you guys can help me?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

EDIT 1: I should probably note that if I leave the charger in the laptop long enough, some burnt plastic smell starts to show itself (its very faint)

You'll have to send it to a repair centre. It will cost at least 100 bucks. Likely not worth it. 

[Full Metal Jacket]

You'll have to send it to a repair centre. It will cost at least 100 bucks. Likely not worth it. 

Alright then, I'll probably just sell whatever I can that isn't damaged and keep the WiFi card for myself >

I can't believe it has to crap out right now. I just bought a 240GB MX200 SSD to replace the second HDD that just crapped out too. Maybe I should have clued in when the HDD gave out, that eventually the laptop would give too. >_<

 

as for how to fix it...unless your good at electronic board diagnosing..I doubt you will be able to fix it

Thank you for your input!

 

yesterday night I was using my laptop (a five year old studio XPS 1647) and all is well....5 years for a shottly made dell is a pretty good life span...in my experience with oem's like dell

While I'll agree that the build quality isn't very good, my experience with Dhell isn't exactly the best. This laptop costed my around 1000 dollars, maybe even more. For that kind of price, I expected good quality. But I guess I was too naive back then. The second week after using it, the orignal hard drive craps out so that's a send in. Get it back, and the heat problems start. Oh god. The damn thing's GPU (a HD4670) runs at about 90 degrees under load, so it overheats 90% of the time, and the CPU is only a bit better, around 70-80 degrees under load. Even ice packs together with a cooling pad solve the problem. Should I even mention the horrible location of the fan? Its exhaust sits at the back of the laptop. When you flip up the screen, the screen actually blocks the exhaust, so most of the exhausted hot air finds its way back inside the chassis. This makes the fan sound like a jet engine running at takeoff speeds. So like I said, not a very good experience.