If you depend upon your Dell laptop for work or use it a lot every day and have to recharge it often, then sooner or later the inevitable is going to happen and your Dell laptop charger is going to stop working. You'll have to buy a new one, and this task can be a little more complicated than it might at first seem. That's why you want to make every effort to fix the problem yourself if possible. Here are some pointers to help you along the way:
1. Guarantee: The first thing you must do in this particular situation is to test and see whether the laptop and any accessories are still under guarantee from Dell. You can do that by looking up the phoner number on Dell.co.uk. A precautionary note here, be absolutely sure it's the Dell hotline you call for help. If you get fortunate enough and your Dell laptop power supply is still covered by the guarantee, then all you have got to do is send the charger to them and they'll take care of the issue. If that is not true, then carry on to step 2.
2 ) Check AC power -- The next step is to discover if the issue is your AC power supply. It's simple enough to work out. Just plug the AC adapter into the wall exit and, if all's well, you'll see a light on the transformer unit. If you do not see this light then you realise the transformer is burned out.
3. Electrical Meter -- What you need to do is get an electrical meter and touch the ends of the AC adapter with it to see if there is any electricity coming through the transformer.
What if you don't have an electrical meter? Well, you don't have to rush out and buy one. Perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance with such a device, or better yet, visit a local electronics shop. Not only do they know how to do the testing, but most of them normally sell the transformers too. They will do the testing for you for FREE.
Another suggestion is if you have a friend with a Dell computer, try plugging your transformer into their computer and see if it will work. If not, then unfortunately, your transformer is dead.
If it appears that your transformer isn't the source of the difficulty, then it's undeniably your personal computer that is to blame.
4. Repairing: If you can't repair the charger by using your own skills and you have a warranty on the item the best thing is to leave it to the manufacturers to provide the solution.
You can still ship the charger back to Dell and they can fix it for you, but it's going to be very costly and possibly more financially viable to get another one.
5 ) Shipping: In the instance of sending your faulty charger back to Dell for repair always make sure you use suitable packaging so that no physical damage occurs during transit. If you've done this and something does happen then you can claim from the couriers and they'll bear the cost of a new one.
1. Guarantee: The first thing you must do in this particular situation is to test and see whether the laptop and any accessories are still under guarantee from Dell. You can do that by looking up the phoner number on Dell.co.uk. A precautionary note here, be absolutely sure it's the Dell hotline you call for help. If you get fortunate enough and your Dell laptop power supply is still covered by the guarantee, then all you have got to do is send the charger to them and they'll take care of the issue. If that is not true, then carry on to step 2.
2 ) Check AC power -- The next step is to discover if the issue is your AC power supply. It's simple enough to work out. Just plug the AC adapter into the wall exit and, if all's well, you'll see a light on the transformer unit. If you do not see this light then you realise the transformer is burned out.
3. Electrical Meter -- What you need to do is get an electrical meter and touch the ends of the AC adapter with it to see if there is any electricity coming through the transformer.
What if you don't have an electrical meter? Well, you don't have to rush out and buy one. Perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance with such a device, or better yet, visit a local electronics shop. Not only do they know how to do the testing, but most of them normally sell the transformers too. They will do the testing for you for FREE.
Another suggestion is if you have a friend with a Dell computer, try plugging your transformer into their computer and see if it will work. If not, then unfortunately, your transformer is dead.
If it appears that your transformer isn't the source of the difficulty, then it's undeniably your personal computer that is to blame.
4. Repairing: If you can't repair the charger by using your own skills and you have a warranty on the item the best thing is to leave it to the manufacturers to provide the solution.
You can still ship the charger back to Dell and they can fix it for you, but it's going to be very costly and possibly more financially viable to get another one.
5 ) Shipping: In the instance of sending your faulty charger back to Dell for repair always make sure you use suitable packaging so that no physical damage occurs during transit. If you've done this and something does happen then you can claim from the couriers and they'll bear the cost of a new one.
About the Author:
Article written by Paul David from Which Laptop, one of the UK's leading retailers of Dell Laptop Chargers. Drop by their site here: http://www.whichlaptop.co.uk
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