Laptop Charger

[Maybole]

I cannot find an exact answe ron this forum.

My HP Pavillion  laptop stopped charging. I bought it second-hand about a year ago and it came with a new replacement charger. The repair shop insists that the charger had damaged the computer's charging circuit and that I should buy a new HP one. I have seen many chargers and they all show a very similar output of 19v and approx 2.5 amps. The only difference I can see is in the jack plug. I am suspicious of the repair shop's advice and would like opinion(s) from knowlageable members .

Thanks in advance

[Crossy]

Have you tried another charger to verify that the machine itself has been damaged and it's not just a dead charger?

 

Take the machine to one of the many places that sell chargers, ask them to test a charger on the condition that if it charges you will buy the charger.

 

[carlyai]

Seems that the universal general purpose chargers are 19V.

My laptop is 12v.

Just saying check what voltage your charger should be.

My laptop worked on a replacement 19V charger for a while.

Bit red faced when I took the failed laptop to the Acer fault centre and they informed me that the laptop probably failed because I had a 19 V and not 12 V charger.

 

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